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Died 27 August 2001, New York City, New York, United States Spouse Robert C. Scull (m. 1944–1974) | ||
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.
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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.
Marriage
Ethel married Robert Scull, and they had three sons, Jonathan, Stephen and Adam. Scull and her husband formed a "world-famous collection of Pop and Minimal art".
They divorced in 1975.
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. It was Warhol's first commissioned work. The work consists of a grid of four rows of nine columns depicting Scull in 36 different poses. The artwork is jointly owned by the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Death and legacy
Scull died from a stroke, followed by a heart attack.
