Oral history interview with Robert Scull
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 28 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Scull, Robert C.
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Andrejevic, Milet, 1925-1989
label: Names
content: Bellamy, Richard
label: Names
content: De Maria, Walter, 1935-2013
label: Names
content: Di Suvero, Mark, 1933-
label: Names
content: Heizer, Michael, 1944-
label: Names
content: Johns, Jasper, 1930-
label: Names
content: Karp, Ivan C., 1926-2012
label: Names
content: Kline, Franz, 1910-1962
label: Names
content: Leslie, Alfred, 1927-
label: Names
content: Newman, Barnett, 1905-1970
label: Names
content: Rosenquist, James, 1933-
label: Names
content: Rutherford, Judith
label: Names
content: Segal, George, 1924-2000
label: Names
content: Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Scull, Robert C.
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Robert Scull (1917-1986) was a collector from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 69 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 June 15-28
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.scull72
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview of Robert Scull conducted by 1972 June 15-28, Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Scull speaks of his early life and education in New York City; attending night classes at the Art Students League; the importance of museum visits; becoming assistant art director for Saks 34th Street; financially successful ventures; the start of his collection in 1954; his criteria for acquisition; his relationships with artists; the pop art scene; portraits of Scull by various artists; the effects of publicity surrounding his collection; his interest in the future of art; the disposition of his collection; critics; relationships with dealers and museums.
label: Scope and Contents
content: He recalls Barnett Newman, Richard Bellamy, Franz Kline, Jasper Johns, James Rosenquist, George Segal, Andy Warhol, Alfred Leslie, Ivan Karp, Mark Di Suvero, Michael Heizer, Walter De Maria, Milet Andrejevic, and Judith Rutherford.