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'''Estelle Barenbaum Rubens''' (c. 1930 [[Philadelphia]] - January 18, 2018) was an American [[museum]] [[docent]], and philanthropist.<ref name=":0" />

== Life ==
She married [[Raymond Rubens]]; they collected art; she donated artworks by  [[Alexander Calder]], Red Grooms, [[Al Hirschfeld]], [[Earl Horter]], [[Alice Neel]], and [[Larry Rivers]], to the [[Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/volunteer-pennsylvania-academy-surprise-gift-1523029|title=A Volunteer Docent Told a Philadelphia Museum She Would Leave It 'a Little Something' in Her Will. She Surprised Them With $8 Million|date=2019-04-22|website=artnet News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-06-21}}</ref>

She was a docent for the [[Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts]].

In her will, she made a $8 million gift.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/arts/pafa-philadelphia-art-museum-volunteer-millions-bequest-pennsylvania-academy-fine-arts-20190419.html|title=Museum volunteer astonishes PAFA with $8 million gift|last=Salisbury|first=Stephan|date=|website=www.inquirer.com|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2020-06-21}}</ref> A travel scholarship was named for her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pafa.org/news/scholarships-allow-pafa-students-travel-around-world-060419|title=Scholarships Allow PAFA Students to Travel Around the World|date=2019-10-01|website=PAFA - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts|language=en-US|access-date=2020-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artforum.com/news/museum-docent-gifts-8-million-to-the-pennsylvania-academy-of-fine-arts-79536|title=Museum Docent Gifts $8 Million to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts|website=www.artforum.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-06-21}}</ref>

== References ==
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== Other websites==
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=Z1j3GoTP87QC&pg=PA410&lpg=PA410&dq=Estelle+Rubens&source=bl&ots=ZvzHsb0bX4&sig=ACfU3U1L-c6gWkrJ3k-QfYz0UCOk8TXlhw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjGgMCZn5PqAhUqhHIEHRdnCBY4ChDoATANegQIChAB#v=onepage&q=Estelle%20Rubens&f=false Drugs in Institutions: Hearings Before the Subcommittee to Hearings Before the Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency of the Committee on the Judiciary,] 1975, Volume 1, p. 410
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