Ebria Feinblatt Papers, 1920s-1990s

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Summary

Creators:
Feinblatt, Ebria
Abstract:
Ebria Feinblatt was the founding curator of the prints and drawings department at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 1947-1985. The collection contains her research papers for Seventeenth-Century Bolognese Ceiling Decorators and research on Daumier, along with her personal papers including poems.
Extent:
1.2 Linear feet 3 document boxes
Language:
and English
Preferred citation:

[Description of item], Ebria Feinblatt papers, 1929-1991, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Balch Art Research Library, FEI.001.001.

Background

Scope and content:

The 3 boxes (1.2 linear feet) that comprises this collection contains research papers including manuscripts, research, clippings, photographs, and notes. The personal papers in this collection include correspondence, poems, notebooks, diaries, ephemera, photographs, gifts to museums, and personal items of Ebria Feinblatt. The items range in date from 1929-1991.

Biographical / historical:

Ebria Feinblatt (1913-1990) was the first curator of prints and drawings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art where she worked from 1947 to 1985. She studied, collected and wrote on topics ranging from ancient art to German Gothic to modern art, but she was best known for her studies in Bolognese seventeenth-century quadrature painting. She wrote a number of art books including: Drawings in the Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1970), Toulouse-Lautrec and his Contemporaries: Posters of the Belle Epoque from the Wagner Collection (1985), and Seventeenth-Century Bolognese Ceiling Decorators (1992). Upon her death, her brother Ronn Marvin donated her personal papers and other gifts to LACMA.

Acquisition information:
Accessioned from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Prints and Drawings Department in 2013. Materials donated to LACMA by Ebria Feinblatt’s brother Ronn Marvin in 1990-1991.
Processing information:

Processed by Caroline Yee; processing completed in November 2013; input into Archivists’ Toolkit by Caroline Yee, November 2013.

Arrangement:

This collection has been arranged in the following series:

  • Series 1: Research Papers, 1940s-1980s
  • Series 2: Personal Papers, 1920s-1990s
The collection is organized by series and left in the original order the contents were received.

Physical location:
Stored at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Balch Art Research Library.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Ephemera

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment only through the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Balch Art Research Library. Telephone 323-857-6118 or email library@lacma.org.

Terms of access:

Contact the Balch Research Library at 323-856-6118 or library@lacma.org for information on publishing or reproducing materials included in these records. Permission will be granted by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as the owner of the physical materials, and does not imply permission from the copyright holder. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain all necessary permissions from the copyright holder.

Preferred citation:

[Description of item], Ebria Feinblatt papers, 1929-1991, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Balch Art Research Library, FEI.001.001.

Location of this collection:
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036, US
Contact:
(323) 857-6118
library@lacma.org
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