Ethel Redner Scull (1921 – August 27, 2001, age 79) was an American art collector, best known for the collection of

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and minimal art that she assembled with her then husband,

Robert Scull Robert Scull (1915–January 1, 1986, age 70) 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 ...

Early life

Born as Ethel Redner in the Bronx in 1921, she was the daughter of Ben Redner, who owned a successful taxicab company that she and Robert Scull would rename as Scull's Angels. She led a privileged life and later studied advertising art at the Parsons School of Design.

Marriage

Ethel Redner married

, and they had three sons, Jonathan, Stephen and Adam. Robert Scull inherited a share of Redner's father's taxi cab company following Mr. Redner's retirement. After accumulating wealth in the taxi industry the couple broke into the art scene by collecting abstract and contemporary art. With the revenue from their first auction in 1965 they established the Robert and Ethel Scull Foundation. The foundation's primary goal being to support young artists by means of buying their art, paying for rent and other living expenses. Soon they garnered many criticisms mainly over their auctions, sometimes selling pieces for triple the price they bought it at. They filed for divorce in 1975 ending in 1986 after Robert Scull's death.

Commissions

Scull was the subject of '' Ethel Scull 36 Times'', a 1963 painting by the American artist

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, currently in the collection of the

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. It was Warhol's first