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| Creator: | Dudensing, F. Valentine, 1892-1967 | |
| Title: | F. Valentine Dudensing Ledger Books | |
| Bulk Dates: | 1926-1944 | |
| Quantity: | 0.25 linear feet 2 oversize boxes |
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| Abstract: | Four handwritten ledger books recording the sales and purchases made by Valentine Gallery, founded and directed by Francis Valentine Dudensing, from 1926 to 1944. | |
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| The ledger books are arranged in chronological order. The first volume dates from January 1926 to December 1928; the second dates from January 1926 to February 1931; the third dates from December 1930 to December 1939; and the fourth dates from January 1940 to December 1944. | ||
Francis Valentine Dudensing opened the F. Valentine Dudensing Gallery, later renamed Valentine Gallery, in February 1926. One of the first New York galleries to exhibit and sell European modernist paintings, the gallery was highly esteemed by critics, such as Henry McBride. Together with the initial help of Pierre Matisse as an agent in Paris, Dudensing introduced the New York art world to Giorgio de Chirico, Joan Miró, Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, and more through their first solo exhibitions in America at the gallery. He also mounted retrospectives for Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and others. The American tour of Picasso's Guernica (1937), traveling to raise money for Spanish refugees, began at Valentine Gallery in 1939. Dudensing worked with many prominent private collectors and public institutions, including Lillie P. Bliss, James Thrall Soby, and The Museum of Modern Art. The gallery ceased operations in 1947, when Dudensing and his wife, Bibi, retired to the French countryside.
This collection contains four ledger books and four facsimiles of said ledger books. They record the sales and purchases made by Valentine Gallery, founded and directed by Francis Valentine Dudensing, from 1926 to 1944, which roughly corresponds to the gallery's active years from 1926 to 1947.
The records are open for research and contain no restricted materials. However, researchers will be served facsimiles; original ledger books have been retired.
F. Valentine Dudensing Ledger Books are the physical property of The Museum of Modern Art. Literary rights, including copyright belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with The Museum of Modern Art. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the staff of the MoMA Archives.
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| This collection is indexed under the following headings in the library catalog of The Museum of Modern Art. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings. | ||
| Persons and Organizations: | ||
| Valentine Gallery (New York, N.Y.) | ||
In the MoMA Archives, correspondence with Valentine Gallery can be found in the following collections: Early Museum History:
Administrative Records, Monroe Wheeler Papers, James Thrall Soby Papers, Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Papers, and The Paul Rosenberg
Archives.
The Valentine Gallery Records are held by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Published citations should take the following form:
Long version: F. Valentine Dudensing Ledger Books, [series.folder]. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York.
Short version: F. Valentine Dudensing, [series.folder]. MoMA Archives, NY.
Sir Gray Horne donated the F. Valentine Dudensing Ledger Books to the MoMA Archives in 2002.
The MoMA Archives had the four facsimiles made as access copies by an outside preservation vendor after receipt of the originals; the original ledger books have been retired.
Series I: Ledger Books 1926-1944 |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| I.1 | Ledger Book | January 1926-December 1928 |
| I.2 | Ledger Book | January 1926-February 1932 |
| I.3 | Ledger Book | December 1930-December 1939 |
| I.4 | Ledger Book | January 1940-December 1944 |
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