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Abegg, Werner print view role Collector dates 1903-1984 city Riggisberg other cities Turin, Italy; Geneva, Switzerland; New York, NY; country Switzerland sex M historical notes Werner Abegg was an art collector and textile manufacturer. In 1961, he and his wife, Margaret, found the Abegg Foundation and in 1967 they moved into a newly built prestigious building complex to Riggisberg where Abegg also took residence. Here the collection remains and is on view at the musem. decades of activity 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 website http://www.abegg-stiftung.ch/e/abegg.html updated 10/31/2024 13:33:23 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 Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, 1904-1978, bulk 1913-1974 see details... The Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library 10 East 71st Street Rosenberg & Stiebel Archive - Subject Files see details... «  back