Yamin, Alice
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Painter, art consultant; New York, N.Y.
Consultant to the Ciba-Geigy collection, ca. 1965-1975; b. April 8, 1905 in Paris, France; d. April 4, 2002.
Painter, art consultant; New York, N.Y. Died 2002.
Consultant to the Ciba-Geigy collection, ca. 1965-1975.
Alice Bernard was born on April 8, 1905 in Paris, France. She was brought to the United States as a child and spent most of her life in New York City. She married writer Leo Yamin who died on January 20, 1999.
Alice Yamin was a painter and draftsperson influenced by Abstract Expressionism. Beginning in 1950, she worked with a carbon medium, primarily producing dramatic black and white works on paper. She was also an art consultant for the international chemical firm CIBA-GEIGY Corporation that began collecting contemporary art in 1959 when it moved its headquarters from Manhattan to Ardsley, New York, a suburb of New York City.
Alice Yamin died on April 4, 2002.
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