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Grabhorn-Engel, Irma print view role Collector Artist Patron Scholar/Critic/Expert dates 1906-2003 city San Francisco state CA other cities Badenweiler, Germany; Paris, France; Berlin, Germany; sex F historical notes Irma Grabhorn-Engel was the third wife of Edwin E. Grabhorn. After she married Grabhorn in 1965 she collected art until he died in 1968, when she became the custodian of the Grabhorn Japanese print collection. Irma immigrated to the United states in 1938 with her first husband, Samuel Engel d. 1960, an ophthalmologist and book collector who taught at the School of Medicine at Stanford University. decades of activity 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 updated 03/22/2024 12:09:32 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Irma Engel Grabhorn papers, 1945-1991. see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library Edwin and Irma Grabhorn collection of California letters, 1858-1876. see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library Alfred A. Cohen correspondence, 1871-1884 (bulk 1884). see details... see also: Grabhorn, Edwin E. Grabhorn, Marjorie «  back