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Paul Delvaux

Paul Delvaux

1897–1994

WA-00018556

PaintingSurrealismRealism

Representation

None documented

22

Institutional Exhibitions

89

Works in Collection

178

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ164712

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Surrealist Prints from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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Drawing since 1940

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983–1984

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A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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Dream/Reality/Dream

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Modern Masters: Manet to Matisse

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975

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Seurat to Matisse: Drawing in France

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974

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Works on Paper

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1973

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Surrealist Illusion from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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The Nude: Thirty 20th-Century Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1970–1971

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Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (4)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/paul-delvaux
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/paul-delvaux
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1485
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

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Movement

Surrealism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (89)

Construction d'un Temple en Ruine à la Déesse Vanadé

1975 · Illustrated book with ten etchings (seven with drypoint) and one drypoint

page 16 1/4 x 20 7/8" (41 x 53 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 7) from Construction d'un Temple en Ruine à la Déesse Vanadé

1973 · Etching and drypoint, printed in black

plate 12 1/2 x 17 9/16" (31.8 x 44.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 87) from CONSTRUCTION D'UN TEMPLE EN RUINE À LA DÉESSE VANADÉ

1973 · Etching and drypoint, printed in black

plate 12 1/2 x 17 9/16" (31.8 x 44.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 77) from CONSTRUCTION D'UN TEMPLE EN RUINE À LA DÉESSE VANADÉ

1973 · Etching, printed in black

plate 12 1/2 x 17 9/16" (31.8 x 44.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 97) from CONSTRUCTION D'UN TEMPLE EN RUINE À LA DÉESSE VANADÉ

1973 · Etching, printed in black

plate 12 9/16 x 17 9/16" (31.9 x 44.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 35) from CONSTRUCTION D'UN TEMPLE EN RUINE À LA DÉESSE VANADÉ

1973 · Etching and drypoint, printed in black

plate 12 9/16 x 17 9/16" (31.9 x 44.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 65) from CONSTRUCTION D'UN TEMPLE EN RUINE À LA DÉESSE VANADÉ

1973 · Etching, printed in black

plate 12 1/2 x 17 9/16" (31.8 x 44.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 17) from CONSTRUCTION D'UN TEMPLE EN RUINE À LA DÉESSE VANADÉ

1972 · Etching and drypoint, printed in black

plate 12 1/2 x 17 9/16" (31.8 x 44.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 43) from CONSTRUCTION D'UN TEMPLE EN RUINE À LA DÉESSE VANADÉ

1972 · Etching and drypoint, printed in black

plate 12 9/16 x 17 9/16" (31.9 x 44.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 55) from CONSTRUCTION D'UN TEMPLE EN RUINE À LA DÉESSE VANADÉ

1972 · Etching and drypoint, printed in black

plate 12 1/2 x 17 9/16" (31.8 x 44.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 25) from CONSTRUCTION D'UN TEMPLE EN RUINE À LA DÉESSE VANADÉ

1972 · Etching and drypoint, printed in black

plate 13 5/16 x 17 9/16" (33.9 x 44.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Frontispiece from Construction d'un Temple en Ruine à la Déesse Vanadé

1971 · Drypoint, printed in black

plate 10 5/16 x 14 1/8" (26.2 x 35.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Sunday Dress

The Sunday Dress

1967 · Lithograph

Sheet 29 15/16 x 21 7/8" (76.0 x 55.5 cm) Comp. 25 x 20 1/8" (63.5 x 51.1 cm) (irreg.)

Museum of Modern Art

Champs Elysées

Champs Elysées

1966 · Pen and brush and black ink, with watercolor and pastel on ivory wove paper

62 × 100 cm (24 7/16 × 39 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1966 · Lithograph

Sheet 22 7/16 x 30" (57.0 x 76.2 cm) Comp. 19 3/4 x 26" (50.2 x 66.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Lady with a Candle

The Lady with a Candle

1966 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 12 9/16 x 9 13/16" (31.9 x 24.9cm); sheet: 26 x 19 13/16" (66 x 50.3cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Small Train Station at Night

1959 · Oil on canvas

55 1/4 x 67 in. (140.3 x 170.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Leda

1948 · Oil paint on board

support: 1527 x 950 mm frame: 1738 x 1155 x 80 mm

Two Women

1947 · Pen and black ink with watercolor, over graphite, on white wove paper

57 × 74.5 cm (22 1/2 × 29 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Composition (The Siesta)

Composition (The Siesta)

1947 · Ink and watercolor on paper

23 1/2 x 30 7/8" (59.5 x 78.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Great Sirens

1947 · Oil on Masonite

90 in. × 11 ft. (228.6 × 335.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sleeping Venus

1944 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1727 x 1991 mm

1944 · watercolor

Sheet: 36.8 x 26.7 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1941 · Oil on canvas

30 3/4 × 42 5/8 in. (78.1 × 108.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

89 published of 167 catalogued · 112 with image

MoMA
78 publishedof 156 catalogued105 img
Art Institute Chicago
5 published5 img
The Met
3 published
Tate
2 published2 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

Sleeping Venus
1944 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Rixensart
1944 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Leda
1948 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Relationships

9

Movements2

Surrealism Realism

Collections7

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art Tate Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Tate

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

Auction sale history

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