VALLAND, Rose.
The Art Front: The Defense of French Collections 1939-1945.
New York: Laurel Publishing , 2024.
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First Special Limited Edition of Rose Valland's The Art Front
First special limited edition in English of this memoir on Rose Valland's courageous efforts during World War II. Octavo, original publisher's half-cloth with pictorial boards, cartographic endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark bound in, illustrated with over 100 images. One of 1,000 numbered copies, this is number 350. In fine condition. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase.
Rose Valland (1898–1980) was a French art historian, curator, and resistance operative whose clandestine documentation of Nazi art looting during World War II proved crucial to postwar restitution efforts. While working at the Jeu de Paume Museum in Paris under German occupation, she secretly recorded the details of thousands of artworks seized from Jewish collectors and cultural institutions, information later instrumental in tracking and recovering much of the stolen art. Her work exemplified the intersection of scholarship, moral courage, and patriotism, demonstrating how cultural preservation can become an act of resistance. After the war, Valland continued her efforts with the French Commission for the Recovery of Works of Art, and her memoir Le Front de l’Art (translated as The Art Front) remains a key historical and ethical testimony to the defense of cultural heritage amid ideological conflict.
The Art Front: The Defense of French Collections 1939-1945.
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