Licensing and Relegation. A Totalitarian Trade Regime and Dealers’ Tactics

Abstract: Among the archival records pertaining to the Berlin Head Office of the National Socialist Reich’s Chamber of Fine Arts a list of forty-four art dealers’ names for registration with the new Chamber can be found. The focus of this article is on events surrounding this archival record, dealing exclusively with the trade section within the Reich’s Chamber of Fine Art and focusing on individuals rather than firms. The Reich’s Chamber of Culture was established in order to standardise “cultural creation”, with its jurisdiction ultimately empowered to cover activities of art production, reception and distribution. As the Weimar Republic was transformed into a totalitarian state, the Reich’s Chamber of Culture was created by evoking the nomenclature of Chambers of Commerce and trading regulations but intending direct control of individuals as well as activities. As a consequence, its influence was felt throughout the entire art market and initiated a market disturbance which .... https://fokum-jams.org/index.php/jams/article/view/83

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Licensing and Relegation. A Totalitarian Trade Regime and Dealers’ Tactics ; volume:3 ; number:1 ; day:14 ; month:05 ; year:2019 ; DOI: 10.23690/jams.v3i1.83 ; Journal for art market studies ; 3, Heft 1 (14.05.2019)

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Urheber: Flick, Caroline

Weitere Informationen

• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020012620304907395845
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 14.08.2025, 10:54 MESZ