 She recalls with acrimony about “years spent with no money, surrounded by a priceless collection” (Grimberg, p6).Jacqueline Lamba's had her first one-woman show in New York City at the Norlyst Gallery in April 1944.It included eleven oil paintings, six papers, and her still surrealist short “ars poetica.”

Following her separation from Breton, Lamba married David Hare, an American sculptor.