Hester Diamond | |
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Born | Hester Klein December 10, 1928 New York City, U.S. |
Died | January 23, 2020 New York City, U.S. | (aged 91)
Alma mater | Hunter College |
Occupation(s) | Art collector Art dealer Interior designer |
Hester Diamond (December 10, 1928 – January 23, 2020) was an American art collector, dealer, and interior designer. With her first husband, Harold Diamond, she amassed a collection of Modernist art that the New York Times described as "astonishing". Following her husband's death, Diamond switched her focus to Old Masters, assembling "one of the greatest, most idiosyncratic art collections in America".[1][2][3] She was the mother of Mike D of the Beastie Boys.