In 1931, Vicor Brauner painted Self Portrait with Plucked Eye. By 1934, Brauner had been made welcome in the sureralist group. In 1938, Brauner was caught in the middle of a brawl and lost his eye-- the same one he had painted himself without years before. The marvellous though tragic nature of the 1931 painting, which had suddenly become a premonitory piece, was not lost on the surrealist group or on Brauner himself. As shown earlier, the paradox bing blind-having vision was an important theme in Surrealism. Brauner had been painting eyes and including vision-related symbolism in his art for over a decade, which only became mroe significant after the 1938 event. (https://books.google.nl/books?id=LUpyBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA112&lpg=PA112&dq=Self-portrait+with+plucked+out+eye+brauner&source=bl&ots=IBvZPol6cH&sig=6Z_M7Pyd06vF_mrBeSIZcPtvc2Q&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj61PTEpPvOAhUHnRoKHRT9BOEQ6AEIVDAK#v=onepage&q=Self-portrait with plucked out eye brauner&f=false) Irène Hamoir re-tells the story of a violent argument, which took place in 1938, between Dominguez, Louis Scutenaire and Francés. Victor Brauner attempted to protect Esteban and was hit by a glass thrown by Domínguez. He was permanently deprived of his left eye ás a result. Also present were Paul Éluard , Georges Hugnet , Wolfgang Paalen , Benjamin Péret and Tanguy. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esteban_Francés)