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

  1. ↑ http://research.frick.org/directoryweb/browserecord.php?-action=browse&-recid=6175
  2. ↑ http://research.frick.org/directoryweb/browserecord.php?-action=browse&-recid=6067
  3. ↑ http://copyrightlitigation.blogspot.com/2008/11/nazi-looted-art-fernand-leger-and.html
  4. ↑ http://www.assetsearchblog.com/2008/11/articles/asset-search/mr-curt-valentins-nazilooted-art/
  5. ↑ "Curt Valentin Papers in The Museum of Modern Art Archives". MOMA Publishing. 2006.

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