36 - Jacqueline LAMBA (1910–1993)

Jacqueline LAMBA (1910–1993) Portrait of André Breton in Saint-Just, 1937. Oil on canvas. Annotated “July” on the back of the stretcher. 92 x 73 cm Bibliography: - Henri Béhar, *André Breton le grand indésirable*, Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1990, reproduced. - *Jacqueline Lamba*, exhibition catalog, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, December 2–30, 1998, reproduced on p. 38. - Salomon Grimberg, “Jacqueline Lamba: From Darkness to Light.” *Woman’s Art Journal*, vol. 22, no. 1, 2001, pp. 5–15, reproduced on p. 14. - Jacqueline Lamba, *Primavera, malia todo / Primavera, a pesar todo / Spring, In Spite of Everything*, exhibition catalog, Fundación Eugenio Granel, Santiago de Compostela, May 3 – July 9, 2001; Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, East Hampton, New York, August 2, 2001 – October 20, 2001; Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California; Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida. Text by Salomon Grimberg, reprinted on p. 19. - “Jacqueline Lamba, Story of an Ondine,” in Jacqueline Lamba, *La peinture jusqu’au ciel*, exhibition catalog, Château de Tours, September 8–November 4, 2007, Tours, Tours Éditions, pp. 10–16. - Alba Romano Pace, *Jacqueline Lamba, Rebellious Painter, Muse of Mad Love*, Paris, Gallimard, 2010, reproduced on p. 112. - Alba Romano Pace, “Jacqueline Lamba: The Air of Water, the Water of Air,” in *Femmes artistes: passions, muses, modèles*, exhibition catalog, Chilleurs-aux-Bois, Château de Chamerolles, June 16–July 19, 2012, Paris, Éditions Alternatives, reproduced on p. 45. - Alba Romano Pace, “Jacqueline Lamba, Innert to the Light,” in *Rendez-vous of Dreams: Surrealism and German Romanticism*, exhibition catalog, Kunsthalle Hamburg, June 13–October 12, 2025, reproduced on p. 295. - Salomon Grimberg, *Jacqueline Lamba: The Forgotten Surrealist*, Merrell, 2026, reproduced on p. 150. We thank Alba Romano Pace for the information she provided. Note to the buyer: This work was recently the subject of a loan request for a retrospective exhibition dedicated to Jacqueline Lamba, to be held at the Musée Cantini in Marseille from May 13 to October 3, 2027. We will be sure to forward this request to the buyer, as this initiative demonstrates the institutional and scholarly interest in the work and its artist.