Buchholz Gallery

Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Item

Identifier: 2000.6.133

Overview

Exhibition catalog for Juan Gris exhibition, dates 1944-03-28 to 1944-04-22. Buchholz Gallery would later become the Curt Valentin Gallery.

Dates: 1944

Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Papers from the Ghost Ranch Library / Subject Files / Exhibitions

Item

Identifier: 2000.6.136

Overview

Exhibition catalog for Juan Gris exhibition, dates 1947-04-01 to 1947-04-26. Buchholz Gallery would later become the Curt Valentin Gallery.

Dates: 1947

Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Papers from the Ghost Ranch Library / Subject Files / Exhibitions

Item

Identifier: 2000.6.138

Overview

Exhibition catalog for Paul Klee exhibition, dates 1948-04-20 to 1948-05-15. Buchholz Gallery later became the Curt Valentin Gallery.

Dates: 1948

Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Papers from the Ghost Ranch Library / Subject Files / Exhibitions

Curt Valentin Gallery (1951-1954) (Earlier 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.