Curt Valentin
Curt Valentin (5 October 1902, Hamburg, Germany – 19 August 1954, Forte dei Marmi, Italy) was a German-born American art dealer known for handling modern art, particularly sculpture, and works classified as "degenerate" by the Nazi regime in pre-war Germany.
After 1927 Curt Valentin worked for Alfred Flechtheim in Berlin.[1] In 1934, he worked at Karl Buchholz Gallery, Hamburg. In 1937, he emigrated to America, and opened a modern art gallery, Bucholz gallery, in New York City.[2] He had permission to sell German art in America, from the Nazi authorities.[3][4] In 1951 the gallery was renamed the Curt Valentin Gallery. His gallery operated from 1951, until a year after his death in 1954, and handled works by many notable artists including Alexander Calder, Henry Moore, and Marino Marini.[5]
References
- ^ http://research.frick.org/directoryweb/browserecord.php?-action=browse&-recid=6175
- ^ http://research.frick.org/directoryweb/browserecord.php?-action=browse&-recid=6067
- ^ http://copyrightlitigation.blogspot.com/2008/11/nazi-looted-art-fernand-leger-and.html
- ^ http://www.assetsearchblog.com/2008/11/articles/asset-search/mr-curt-valentins-nazilooted-art/
- ^ "Curt Valentin Papers in The Museum of Modern Art Archives". MOMA Publishing. 2006.
http://research.frick.org/directoryweb/browserecord.php?-action=browse&-recid=6175
External links
- "Curt Valentin in his gallery, ca. 1952", Photography by Adolph Studly, at Archives of American Art
- Ludwig Meidner: "Curt Valentin", MOMA
- Marino Marini and Curt Valentin: The Rise of the Italian Sculptor in America.
- "Artnews : MOMA's problematic provenances"
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