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The Frick Collection
2010 Young Fellows Ball |
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To
mark the Frick Collection’s 75th anniversary in
2010, the museum has created a year-long series of celebrations, programs,
and new offerings, the true kick-off of which was the Diamond Deco Ball
on February 25, 2010. This keenly anticipated event was
the eleventh annual fundraiser hosted by the museum’s Young Fellows. Over
630 people braved a severe snowstorm to attend what has been frequently
heralded by The New York Times as one of the “Most Memorable
Parties of the Year.” $235,000 was raised in support of the Education
Program of The Frick Collection. The evening was sponsored by Tiffany
& Co. and Vera Wang.
The museum turned the clock back seventy-five years for an elegance-infused
art deco soiree, the core of which occurred in the Garden Court and Music
Room, which were added to the residence in 1935 by the celebrated architect
John Russell Pope. Until The Frick Collection opened, it was a private
residence accessed by a privileged few―by appointment only―leaving
the public utterly fascinated with the prospect of finally seeing the
former Frick home and the art it housed. On the occasion of its 1935
debut, critics spoke of this new cultural treasure as a great “legacy
of beauty” and one where the quality of its collections was “unsurpassed
anywhere.” Diamond Deco Ball guests were allowed to wander freely
through the same spell-binding galleries of fine and decorative arts
as did those who attended the museum’s formal reception seventy-five
years ago. Several such rooms, however, had been recently refurbished
to great effect and a warm critical response, among them Pope’s
1935 East Gallery, which was returned last fall to his original color
scheme. In the years following the opening, the collection grew as well,
and these works were also on view throughout the ball. Among these masterpieces
were paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts by artists as Chardin,
Constable, David, Goya, Gainsborough, Greuze, Houdon, de La Tour, Monet,
Piero della Francesca, Ruisdael, and Rembrandt.
Allison Aston, Lydia Fenet, Joann Pailey, Coralie
Charriol Paul, and
Elisabeth Saint-Amand were event Chairmen. Guests included: Allison
and Jay Aston, Colin B. Bailey, Edward Barsamian, Fiona and James Benenson,
Clement Benenson, Leslie M. Blume, Christa Carr, Frances Cashin, Margaret
Chi, Alina Cho, Alexis Clark, Carrie Cloud, Catherine Cox, Stonington
Cox, Chris and Jennie Tarr Coyne, Stephanie Cozzi, Kipton Cronkite, Paul
Cruickshank, Caitlin and Michael Davis, Christian de La Chapelle, Justin
de La Chapelle, Charles de Viel Castel, Jay Diamond, Cornelia Ercklentz,
Pauline Eveillard, Lydia Fenet, Mark Gilbertson, Tom Gold, Phoebe Gubelmann,
Michael Hamburger, Faith Harty, Kimball Hastings, Kim Hicks, Astrid Hill,
Lauren Hubbell, Sarah Irwin, Stephanie A. Koch, Megan E. Kultgen, Nicholas
Landrigan, Lucy Jane Lang, Christopher T. Leach, Alexandra Lebenthal,
Harrison T. LeFrak, Page Leidy, Elisa Lipsky-Karasz, Julie Macklowe,
Amanda Mallan, Amory McAndrew, Sloan McClure, Clare E. McKeon, Lara Meiland-Shaw,
Sylvester and Gillian Miniter, Lisa D. Morse, Francie Nagy, Charlotte-Anne
Nelson, Sarah Ogilvie, Alexander Overstrom, Joann and Julie Pailey, Caroline
Palmer, Emily Pataki, Coralie Charriol Paul, Caroline Perkin, Di Petroff,
Lauren Remmington Platt, Susan Quintin, Brian Reyes, Andrew and Zibby
Right, Caroline Rowley, Alexander Saint-Amand, Elisabeth Saint-Amand,
Angel Sanchez, Lauren Santo Domingo, Austin Scarlett, Georgina Schaeffer,
Kate Schelter, Sabina and Wilfred B. Schlumberger, Christopher Schumacher,
Christine and Stephen Schwarzman, Juliana Starbuck, Glenn and Tiffin
Schwarzkopf, Alexandra Steel, Zoe Tananbaum, Sarah Thanhauser, Phillip
Alden Thomas, Tielman Van Vleck, Annabel Vartanian, Holly Wamser, Linnea
Wilson, Christina Winters, Laura Zukerman, and others.
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Andrew Right, Zibby Right, Stephen Schwarzman, Christine Schwarzman, and Frick Associate Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator Colin B. Bailey.
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Chairmen Joann Pailey, Coralie Charriol Paul, Lydia Fenet, Elisabeth Saint-Amand, and Allison Aston.
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Carolyn Angel, Sloan McClure, and Caitlin Davis.
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Lucy Jane Lang, Caitlin Davis, Clare McKeon, and Joann Pailey in Vera Wang.
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Lara Meiland-Shaw and Jay Aston.
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Emily Pataki and Michael Hamburger.
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Coralie Charriol Paul, Alexandra Lebenthal, Lydia Fenet and Hilary Fenet.
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Lauren Santo Domingo in Vera Wang.
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Annabel Vartanian and Allison Aston.
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Kara Findlay, John Overbay, Sarah Wimmer Overbay, K. C. Anthony, and Bill Artemenko.
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Chris Coyne, Jennie Tarr Coyne and Zoe Tananbaum.
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Laura Hill, James Benenson III and Fiona Benenson.
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Lauren Remington Platt.
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Phillip Alden Thomas and Carson G. Elias.
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Laura Zukerman and Tom Trowbridge.
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Lisa D. Morse and Serena Keith.
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| Photos: Images
1, 2: Christine A. Butler. Images 3-17: John Calabrese |
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