Two Women, Paul Delvaux, 1947
Paul Delvaux, portraitPaul DelvauxBelgian, 1897–1994

Two Women

1947 · Drawing and Watercolor

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Where is “Two Women” now? Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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Accession number
1966.22

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In the life of Paul Delvaux

The whole life
  1. 1918–1994 · Workplace

    Brussels

  2. January 1945

    A major retrospective at the Palais des Beaux-Arts

    In January a major retrospective of 57 large canvases opens at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. Public and critical reception is mixed, divided between admiration and incomprehension.

  3. 1947

    A show at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York

    The influential Julien Levy Gallery in New York mounts a show of Delvaux's paintings, well received by critics; however, two of the paintings are seized by customs as obscene, and one of them is damaged.

  4. August 1947

    A chance reunion with Tam in Saint-Idesbald

    In a chance encounter at a newsstand in Saint-Idesbald he meets Tam again, and they resume their close relationship.

  5. 1948

    Divorce and a move to be with Tam

    Divorces his first wife, Suzanne, and moves with Tam to a temporary new home.

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