Ethel Scull

Ethel Scull by Jimmy De Sana.

Ethel Redner Scull (1921–2001) was an American art collector, best known for the collection of Pop and Minimal Art that she assembled with her then husband, Robert Scull.

Early life

She was born Ethel Redner in the Bronx in 1921, the daughter of Ben Redner, who owned a taxicab company. She studied advertising art at the Parsons School of Design.[1]

Marriage

Ethel married Robert Scull, and they had three sons, Jonathan, Stephen and Adam.[2] Scull and her husband formed a "world-famous collection of Pop and Minimal art".[2]

They divorced in 1975.[1]

Warhol portrait

Scull was the subject of Ethel Scull 36 Times, a 1963 painting by the American artist Andy Warhol, currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[3] It was Warhol's first commissioned work.[4][5][6] The work consists of a grid of four rows of nine columns[7] depicting Scull in 36 different poses.[8] The artwork is jointly owned by the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[4]

Death and legacy

Scull died from a stroke, followed by a heart attack.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Glueck, Grace (1 September 2001). "Ethel Scull, a Patron of Pop and Minimal Art, Dies at 79". New York Times. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 Glueck, Grace (3 January 1986). "ROBERT SCULL, PROMINENT COLLECTOR OF POP ART". New York Times. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Ethel Scull 36 Times". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  4. 1 2 Landi, Ann (July 1, 2010). "How the Met and the Whitney came to share an iconic Warhol". ARTnews. Retrieved 9 February 2013.. Ethel Scull 36 Times
  5. ↑ Feinstein, Roni (June 4, 2010). "The Scull Collection". Art in America. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "Court painter to the rich and famous". The New Zealand Herald – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . APN News & Media. April 3, 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  7. ↑ Girard, Bartholomé (18 March 2009). "Warhol, en couleur et argenté". Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  8. ↑ Grace Glueck (September 1, 2001). "Ethel Scull, a Patron of Pop and Minimal Art, Dies at 79". New York Times. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
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