Curt Valentin Gallery (1951-1954)

Organization

Dates

Existence: 1951 - 1954

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Guernica by Pablo Picasso, advertisements, circa 1947

Item — Oversize 1: Series 4; Series 5; Series 8, Folder: 2

Identifier: 2000.6.196

Scope and Content Note From the Collection: Between 1947 and 1948, Georgia O'Keeffe shipped several boxes of books to New Mexico from her and her late husband's, Alfred Stieglitz, collections at their New York apartment and the Lake George house. This was the beginning of O'Keeffe's personal book collection in New Mexico. O'Keeffe grew her collection by purchasing and seeking out books on particular subjects; others she received as gifts from friends, admirers of her work, authors, and museums, which is documented through her habit of...

Dates: circa 1947

Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Papers from the Ghost Ranch Library / Subject Files / Publication Purchasing and Inserts

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Buchholz Gallery (Later Form of Related)

Description

Curt Valentin was a German-Jewish 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 Karl Buchholz Gallery, Hamburg. In 1937, Valentin emigrated to the U.S. with a sufficient number of modern German paintings to open a gallery under the Buchholz name in New York City. He had permission to sell German art in America, from the Nazi authorities. 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, Marino Marini, and Jacques Lipchitz.

Valentin, Curt, 1902-1954 (Associative with Related)

Description

Curt Valentin was a German-Jewish 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 Karl Buchholz Gallery, Hamburg. In 1937, Valentin emigrated to the U.S. with a sufficient number of modern German paintings to open a gallery under the Buchholz name in New York City. He had permission to sell German art in America, from the Nazi authorities. 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, Marino Marini, and Jacques Lipchitz.

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Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Archives