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Robert Scull (1915–January 1, 1986) was an American art collector, best known for his "world-famous collection of Pop and Minimal art ". [1] 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. When this thrived, the couple started buying ...
Jan 3, 1986 · Robert C. Scull, the taxi tycoon who assembled a world-famous collection of Pop and Minimal art in the 1960's, died Wednesday night at his home in Warren, Conn., of complications from diabetes.
Oct 22, 2021 · Robert spent his days in the Bronx running the Super Operating taxicab company founded by his father-in-law and grabbed lunch in a greasy spoon. “And you could tell that Scull loved it,” said ...
Apr 26, 2017 · The results were extraordinary. At the auction, the works sold for many multiples of their purchase prices, reaching a then-unheard of total of $2.2 million, or just under $12 million in today’s dollars. A painting by Cy Twombly sold for $40,000, over 50 times the $750 Scull paid. A Jasper Johns painting, Double White Map, went for $240,000.
Robert Scull. Writer: Bubble Guppies. Robert Scull is known for Bubble Guppies (2011), The Backyardigans (2004) and Rocko's Modern Life (1993).
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Sep 16, 2021 · 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.
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Apr 9, 2010 · Robert Scull had the eye for art; Ethel supplied the seed money. Her father was the original taxi magnate, and when she married Robert, in the mid-1940s, he gave his son-in-law half of the fleet ...
