Rubinstein, Mala
type Collector Patron
dates 1905-1999
city New York City
stateNY
other citiesWesthampton, NY; Warsaw, Poland; Paris, France;
sex F
history Mala Rubinstein was an art patron and collector, beauty expert, and Helena Rubinstein Inc. She was the niece of Helena Rubinstein (1870-1965).

Rubinstein collected Italian sculpture, African art and French paintings. Her collection included paintings by Kandinsky, Vuillard, Derain, Brauner, Signac, Vlaminck, Utrillo and Soutine; and sculptures by Guadannucci, Helen Sardeaux, Nadelman, Fazzini and Perez.

Her collecting habits also encompassed the decorative arts and she owned, among other objects, French Chairs, nineteenth-century Belgium blown glass horses, Mexican antiques and a nineteenth-century Russian tea set.

decades1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990
1990-2000
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see alsoRubinstein, Helena