Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Scull, Robert C.
| title | Robert Scull interviews, 1972 June 15-1972 June 28. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Interview of Robert Scull conducted by 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. 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. |
| extent | 3 sound tape reels ; 5 in. (69 p. transcript) |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | Use requires an appointment. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:49 |
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| title | Robert Scull papers, [undated] and [ca. 1968-1983]. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Letters from Michael Heizer, Walter De Maria, and letters about works purchased; material relating to John Tweddle, including an illustrated New Year greeting from Tweddle, 1973, photographs of work by him, and legal and financial records regarding Scull's purchases of his work; miscellaneous financial material; photographs of Scull, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Michael Heizer, Richard Bellamy, George Segal, and others, and of works owned by Scull; and an exhibition catalog, The Street Painters, 1981. |
| extent | 0.4 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Photographs Financial Records Legal Papers Ephemera |
| access | Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 1993 by Mrs. Robert Scull, Scull's widow. Additional papers are expected. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:49 |
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| title | Robert Scull appointment books, 1955-1973. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | 14 volumes of Pop art collector Robert Scull's appointment books for the years 1955-1956, 1958-1959, 1961-1967, 1969-1970, and 1973. With business dates and quotidian entries are notes regarding visiting artists, including James Rosenquist, Lucas Samaras, Walter De Maria, Mark Di Suvero, and Michael Heizer; and appointments with Leo Castelli, Andre Emmerich, Henry Geldzahler, and Richard Bellamy. Also noted are prices Scull payed for paintings. |
| extent | 14 v. (1.6 linear ft.) |
| formats | Financial Records Appointment Books |
| access | Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment and is limited to AAA's Washington, D.C. office. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | Box Inventory available in D.C. office. |
| acquisition information | Donated 1999 by Amy Newman, a writer, who received them from her friend, artist Chuck Close. Close received them from his brother-in-law, who found them in the trash, turned them over to Close, who, in turn, gave them to Newman. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:49 |
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| title | Mitch Tuchman papers related to the book Painters Painting, 1980-1989. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Papers related to Tuchman's co-authoring with Emile de Antonio the book Painters Painting: A History of American Modernism in the Words of Those Who Created It (Abbeville Press, 1984). The book was based on uncut transcripts and the film script from de Antonio's 1972 film Painters Painting, inspired by the Museum of Modern Art's exhibition, New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940-1970, curated by Henry Geldzahler. Included are correspondence; transcripts of interviews conducted by de Antonio of painters, critics, curators, and collectors; notes; drafts of the book; and a subject card file. Interviewees include: Josef Albers, Leo Castelli, Willem de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler, Henry Geldzahler, Clement Greenberg, Thomas Hess, Jasper Johns, Philip Johnson, Hilton Kramer, Philip Leider, Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson, Barnett Newman, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, Philip Pavia, Larry Poons, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers, William Rubin, Ethel and Robert Scull, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol. Bio / His Notes: Tuchman is an author and editor; Los Angeles, Calif. |
| extent | 0.8 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Interviews Manuscript Subject Files Transcript |
| access | Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment and is limited to AAA's Washington, D.C. office |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 1994 by Mitch Tuchman |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:04 |
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| title | Stable Gallery records, 1916-1999 (bulk 1953-1970) | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Records include Artist Files containing a wide variety of materials, such as biographical notes, correspondence, price lists, sales and payment information, printed matter, and photographs. Also included are administrative and financial records, printed matter, sketchbooks and drawings, photographs; personal papers and estate records of gallery founder and owner Eleanor Ward; an interview of Ward, 1969-1970; a video tape of the 1973 Robert C. Scull Collection auction at Sotheby Parke Bernet; and a history of the gallery by Alan Groh, Ward's assistant. Artist files for: Jeremy Anderson, Janice Biala, Robert Birmelin, Varujan Boghosian, Elie Borgrave, Ernest Briggs, James Brooks, Daniel Brustlein, Fritz Bultman, Paul Burlin, Alberto Burri, John Cage, Nicholas Carone, Giorgio Cavallon, Janet Chase, Joseph Cornell, Jan Cox, Elaine de Kooning, Richard Diebenkorn, Thomas Downing, Edward Dugmore, Robert Engman, Ernesto, John Ferren, Joseph A. Fiore, Ron Garrigues, Robert Goodnough, John Graham, Dorothy Heller, Solomon Hyde, Robert Indiana, Robert Insley, Alex Katz, Lee Krasner, Michael Loew, Conrad Marca-Relli, Marisol, Fred Mitchell, Joan Mitchell, Kyle Morris, Robert Motherwell, Lowell Nesbitt, Isamu Noguchi, John Opper, George Earl Ortman, Stephen Pace, Walter Plate, Jeanne Reynal, Oli Sihvonen, Richard Stankiewitz, Paul Thek, Cy Twombly, Jack Tworkov, Andy Warhol, Neil Welliver, Robert Zakanych, Henrique Zanartu, and Wilfred Meynell Zogbaum. |
| extent | 2.8 linear ft. (filmed on 3 microfilm reels) reels 5821-5823 |
| formats | Photographs Correspondence Drawings Financial Records |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/findingaids/stabgall.htm |
| acquisition information | Donated 1984 by Alan Groh, Eleanor Ward's assistant at the Stable Gallery and the executor of her estate; in 1997 by Buzz Miller, Groh's partner; and a final small addition by Paul Gardner, Miller's executor, 1999. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:04 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Ivan C. Karp, 1969 Mar. 12. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Ivan C. Karp conducted by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art at the Leo Castelli Gallery on 1969 March 12. Karp speaks of growing up in the boroughs of New York City, his reading and writing interests, commercial film making, his work for the Hansa Gallery and Martha Jackson, summers in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and the art scene in New York City in the late 1950s. Karp discusses the invention of the names "O.K. Harris" and "Green Gallery"; his work for Leo Castelli including gallery exhibitions, expenses, collectors, critics and staff; the work of Richard Artschwager, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Cy Twombly, Gerry Vanderweil, Andy Warhol, and others; The Club; "soft art"; and the art market. He recalls Richard Bellamy, Ileana Sonnabend, Robert C. Scull and others. |
| extent | 1 sound tape reel (2 hours 30 min.) ; 7 in. Transcript: 123 p. |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript Online Transcript |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-ivan-c-karp-11717#transcript |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | Sound Recording and transcript available on the repository's web site. |
| acquisition information | Part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958. |
| updated | 01/09/2015 11:40:54 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Leo Castelli, 1969 May 14 - 1973 June 8. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Interview of Leo Castelli conducted 1969 May 14 - 1973 June 8, by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art. Castelli speaks of his background; fleeing Europe, 1940-1941; his U.S. Army service; The Club; establishing his New York galleries; his first wife, Ileana Sonnabend, and her success as an art dealer; galleries in the 1940s and 1950s; his staff; prints; commissioned works; exhibitions and sales of works by Dan Flavin, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Bruce Nauman, Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Serra, Frank Stella, and others; collectors including Philip Cortelyou Johnson, Vera G. List, Peter Ludwig, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scull, and Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine. Castelli recalls Alfred H. Barr, Richard Bellamy, John Cage, René Drouin, Ivan C. Karp, and Alan Robert Solomon. |
| extent | Sound recordings: 3 sound tape reels ; 7 in. Sound recordings: 5 sound tape reels ; 5 in. Transcript: 266 p. |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript Online Transcript |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | Online Transcript |
| acquisition information | Part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:04 |
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| title | Henry Geldzahler interview, 1970 Jan. 27 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Henry Geldzahler conducted by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art. Geldzahler speaks of his youth and family background; his early interests; his education at Yale and Harvard; the decision to pursue an art career; working with the Metropolitan Museum of Art for Robert Beverly Hale; working with James Rorimer; his first exhibit; artists and curators he has been associated with; working with Roger Stevens at the National Endowment for the Arts; public interest in museums; working with Thomas Hoving; his opinion of critics; and how he selects works for exhibitions. He recalls Richard Bellamy, Harry Lowe, Lois Bingham, Robert Scull, Leo Castelli, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, and Rene D'Harnoncourt. Bio / His Notes: Curator (New York, N.Y.) Born in 1935. Died 1994. |
| extent | Sound recordings: 2 sound tape reels ; 7 in. Transcript: 76 p. (on one microfilm reel) reel 3197 |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript Microfilm |
| access | Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | This interview is 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 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:04 |
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| title | Artist file: Scull, Robert; miscellaneous uncataloged material. | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | The folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral material. Location MoMA Queens Artist Files Call Number SCULL, ROBERT |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991011260059707141 |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:51 |
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| title | Archives pamphlet file : Scull, Robert : miscellaneous uncataloged material. | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | The folder may include clippings, correspondence, memoranda, press releases, brochures, announcements, reviews, invitations, obituaries and other ephemeral material relevant to the Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) and its history. |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991011908289707141 |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:51 |
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