Vintage Surrealist Oil Canvas Painting signed Elmer P Schwab dating from 1940

Vintage Surrealist Oil Canvas Painting, signed Elmer P Schwab and dating from about 1935 - the white king is check mated in two moves but there appears to be a creature from sent from a parallel dimension to rescue him from checkmate. An intriguing an subtle play on the genre most associated with Giorgio de Chirico, Yves Tanguy and Salvador Dali.