Ebria Feinblatt; First LACMA Drawing Curator

Ebria Feinblatt, 71, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s first curator of prints and drawings who came to that position in 1947 when artworks vied with stuffed tigers for space at the old museum in Exposition Park. She retired in 1985 after overseeing a nationally recognized accumulation of 25,000 prints and drawings from the humblest of beginnings. Born in Los Angeles, Miss Feinblatt attended the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University. She started the print department as one of only three curators at the Exposition Park facility. Miss Feinblatt remained at her post for the next 38 years, concentrating on what developed into a wealth of German Expressionism and contemporary art. She is survived by a brother, Ronn. A memorial service is pending. At her home in Los Angeles of cancer.