Curt Valentin

Curt Valentin (1902 Hamburg, Germany–1954 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.

In 1934, he worked at the Buchholz Gallery, Hamburg. In 1937, he emigrated to America, and opened a modern art gallery, Bucholz gallery, in New York City.^[1] He had permission to sell German art in America, from the Nazi authorities.^[2][3] 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.^[4]

References

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

External links

• "Curt Valentin in his gallery, ca. 1952", Archives of American Art
• "Curt Valentin", Ludwig Meidner (German, 1884-1966), MOMA
• MARINO MARINI AND CURT VALENTIN: THE RISE OF THE ITALIAN SCULPTOR IN AMERICA

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Name	Valentin, Curt
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Short description	Art dealer
Date of birth	1902
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Date of death	1954
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