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Robert Scull, whose real name was Ruby Sokolnifoff, married Ethel, a well-to-do girl whose father owned a fleet of taxicabs, in the mid-1940s. Robert took over and grew the business...
Apr 26, 2017 · The Scull sale put post-war and contemporary art on the map, price-wise. Andy Warhol. Jasper Johns. Robert Rauschenberg. Franz Kline. Frank Stella. Do any of these names ring a bell? Scull and his wife Ethel collected these artists long before they became touchstones of Art History 101.
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Despite his humble beginnings as a child of Russian immigrants, Robert Scull became wildly successful by operating a New York City taxi fleet which he had inherited from his wife, Ethel’s, father. The lucrative business allowed Robert and Ethel Scull to enjoy a life of glamorous parties and pursue their passion for collecting art. The couple befrie...
Though Pop Art had become widely recognized by the 70s, few people knew how to access the insular New York art world. The community had been tightly knit, with collectors often buying directly from artists or a handful of well-respected dealers. Robert Scull realized that he could make a profit and simultaneously use the publicity of an auction to ...
Many of the works auctioned that October went on to have well documented futures. Among them, Willem de Kooning’s Police Gazette, 1955, bought for $180,000 at the sale changed hands between several notable collectors; at some point the renowned gallerist Bill Acquavella acquired it for $2.2 million, then resold eventually to hotel mogul, Steve Wynn...
Robert Scull (1915–January 1, 1986) was an American art collector, best known for his "world-famous collection of Pop and Minimal art". Born in New York to Russian immigrant parents, Scull dropped out of high school and had various jobs until his wife inherited a share of a taxi business.
Feb 20, 2008 · The notorious Scull auction was a milestone event for contempo art; it heralded the commercial success of Pop, but more importantly, it affirmed the role big money would have in shaping and dominating the art world in the later 20th century and beyond. 1973 flyer announcing the Scull auction.
Apr 9, 2010 · In the 1950s and 1960s, the taxi tycoon Robert C. Scull and his wife, Ethel, amassed one of the most impressive collections of what would become known as "Pop Art" before auctioning off most...
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May 26, 2010 · The high-profile Scull auction of 1973 and the estate sale after his death in 1986 afforded only brief viewings of what he and Ethel owned. Now the public can see the great works they acquired, often straight out of the artists' studios.
