{"product_id":"9781350382343","title":"Valentine Gallery The Forgotten Story of Valentine Dudensing, Matisse, Picasso, and the US Market for Modern Art (1926–1947)","description":"\u003ch3\u003eContextualizing Art Markets\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eValentine Gallery\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Forgotten Story of Valentine Dudensing, Matisse, Picasso, and the US Market for Modern Art (1926–1947)\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJulia May Boddewyn | Kathryn Brown\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eArt \/ American \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the first book to examine the key role played by New York gallerist and dealer Valentine Dudensing (1892-1967) in shaping the canon of modern art in the United States.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt reveals how Dudensing developed relationships with the country's leading art collectors, establishing the market and bringing some of modernism's most celebrated artists to American consciousness in the process. Many of the paintings that he imported from Europe are now the cornerstones of US museum collections.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore the Museum of Modern Art opened in 1929, there were few places in New York to see contemporary art from Paris – the Valentine Gallery was one of them. In the intimate and elegant rooms of the gallery's townhouse premises on 57th Street, the public witnessed the first solo US shows of Giorgio de Chirico and Joan Miró, the first retrospective of Henri Matisse, and Piet Mondrian's only lifetime solo exhibition. In 1939, Pablo Picasso's masterpiece \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e made its US debut there. Despite its preeminent reputation as a leading centre for modern art for over two decades, the Valentine Gallery name has been lost to history. Dudensing quietly closed the gallery in May 1947 and seemingly disappeared. His death two decades later went unreported in the press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on a wealth of primary source materials, including the gallery's long-lost sales records, \u003ci\u003eThe Valentine Gallery\u003c\/i\u003e unearths the story of this preeminent forum for modern art, revealing how a pioneering gallerist brought the School of Paris to eminence in the US, and ultimately changed the country's artistic taste forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJulia May Boddewyn\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent art researcher in New York. She is a Founding Director of The Modigliani Initiative, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the legacy of Amedeo Modigliani, and a researcher with the Arshile Gorky Foundation, USA.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 July 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Visual Arts\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350382343\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e312\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944777449612,"sku":"9781350382343","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_4dbb7019-a1b4-43ce-80ef-b860c4c9ef1d.jpg?v=1786036253","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350382343","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}