The Frick Collection’s Diamond Deco Ball

The Garden Court lighting having gradually changed from sunset to dusk to midnight at The Frick Collection’s Diamond Deco Ball, hosted by the Young Fellows to commemorate the museum’s 75th Anniversary.

The snow was really coming down last Thursday night in New York when the Frick Collection was holding its 2010 Young Fellows Ball. By that hour – it was scheduled from 8:30 to midnight - the storm was taking on blizzard force. There were a lot of people who were thinking they might stay home rather than go to this party which is normally considered one of the best parties of the year in New York. But it turned out there were a lot more people who decided to brave it. More than 630 arrived amidst the driving snow bundled up to protect their black ties and designer long dresses from the elements.

They were celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Frick art collection and mansion officially becoming the Frick Collection. That opening party was attended by 700 prominent New Yorkers and included Carnegies, Astors, Mellons, Rockefellers, Strauses, Sulzbergers and Vanderbilts among them.

Andrew and Zibby Right, Stephen and Christine Schwarzman, and Frick Associate Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator Colin B. Bailey; photo: Christine A. Butler

Tatyana Miron Ahlers, Whitney Wolfe, and Zondra Pappas enjoy the 1935 East Gallery.

Guests enjoy the West Gallery.

This year’s celebration was dubbed the Diamond Deco Ball and it was the11th annual fundraiser hosted by the museum’s Young Fellows. The Art Deco soiree was held mainly in the Garden Court and the Music which were added to the residence in 1935 by architect John Russell Pope.

So there it was, storm and all, with no regrets. They raised $235,000 in support of the museum’s education program. Vera Wang and Tiffany sponsored and they all partied on into the snow-laded night.

Models and Chairmen in Tiffany and many in Vera Wang.

Coralie Charriol Paul, Alexandra Lebenthal, Lydia Fenet, and Hilary Fenet.

The Music Room.

Among the attendees: 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, Alexandra Lebenthal and 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, , 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, Philip Alden Thomas, Tielman Van Vleck, Annabel Vartanian, Holly Wamser, Linnea Wilson, Christina Winters, Wright, Laura Zukerman.

Alexis Light

Olivia Wu, Lisa Mou, Patricia Figueroa, and Sonia Yoon

Rafael and Yliana Gill

Patricia Figueroa, Lisa Mou, Olivia Wu, and Sonia Yoon

Gina Busch and Jackie Stewart

Jen Araki and Heather Ann Burton

Hye Won and Jason Miller

Event Chairman Coralie Charriol Paul

Greg Sherman and Anne Martin

Alexandra Lebenthal

Chairman Lydia Fenet and Laura Hill

Larissa Szczupak and Paul Mateyunas

Austin S and Kelsea Scarlett

Peter Bogardus, Ulrich Kratz, and Alex Daniels

Lucy Jane Lang, Caitlin Davis, Clare McKeon, and Joann Pailey

Jeffrey Brown, Chairman Elisabeth Saint-Amand, and Connie Brown

Annika Connor and Evan Geoffroy

Leora Kadish and Joshua Stein

Fred Mwangaguhunga and Notoya Green

Jen Araki

Jennifer Argenti and Clare McKeon

Heather Ann Burton

Jackie Stewart

Charlotte-Anne Nelson and Chairman Elisabeth Saint-Amand

Gina Busch

Chairmen Lydia Fenet, Joann Pailey, Allison Aston, and Elisabeth Saint-Amand

Scott Asher and Lucy Jane Lang

Chairmen Lydia Fenet, Elisabeth Saint-Amand, and Joann Pailey

Annabel Vartanian and Allison Aston

Lara Meiland-Shaw and Jay Aston

Carrie Cloud

Kim Hicks and Jay Diamond

Sarah Irwin and Abby Simmons

Chairmen Joann Pailey, Coralie Charriol Paul, Lydia Fenet, Elisabeth Saint-Amand, and Allison Aston

Faith Harty and Brad Mitchell

Sam Gustin and Andrea Chalupa

Lesley Blume and Andrew Bevans

Jane Keltner and Lisa Salzer

Emily Pataki and Michael Hamburger

Chris and Jennie Tarr Coyne and Zoe Tananbaum

Laura Hill and James and Fiona Benenson

Eleanor Banco, Frank Mazzarella, and Elizabeth Grimaldi

Frick Trustee Stephen Schwarzman and Christine Schwarzman

Michael and Nina Patterson

Clement C. Benenson and Stephanie Beneneson

Tim Garcia and Jaclyn Smith

Phillip Alden Thomas and Carson G. Elias

Laura Zukerman and Tom Trowbridge

Lauren Santo Domingo

Adam Rozencwajg and Emma Reitman

Elizabeth Right and Marc A. Lewinstein

Stephanie Cozzi and Brendan Maher

Cheong H. Kwon and Hannah Kwon

Anne Huntington

Christine and Matt Davis

Pam Foster

Kate Schelter and Christopher Schumacher

Kimberly Guilfoyle, Susan Shin, and Beata Bonam

Anne Bracegirdle and Nathan Vantzelfde

Carolyn Angel, Sloan McClure, and Caitlin Davis

Andrew Fenet, Lydia Fenet, Chris Delaney, Julie Pailey

Becky Collins, Linnea Wilson, and Ryan Hayward

Lauren Remmington Platt

Hilary Fenet, Lydia Fenet, Chris Delaney, Katelyn Delaney, and Andrew Fenet

Rachel Nordlinger and Rachel E. Randolph

Sloan McClure and Alexander Overstrom

Elizabeth Grimaldi

Elizabeth Hartnett and Kelici Odu

Kara Findlay, John Overbay, Sarah Wimmer Overbay, K. C. Anthony, and Bill Artemenko

Yulia Minina and Alberic Paradiso

DJ Harley Veira-Newton

Nico Landrigan, Fiona Benenson, Jennie Tarr Coyne, and Kim Roosenburg

Lydia Fenet and Kate Schelter

Larissa Bucholtz

Tom Trowbridge and Laura Zukerman

Photographs by Christine A. Butler & John Calabrese

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