A Selection of Fifty Works from the Collection of Robert C. Scull. Sale Number. 3557. First Edition. Annotated.
Published by New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet., 1973
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Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
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Sq. 4to. 22 x 23.3 cm. Original yellow cloth. Very Good -. 50 works catalogued and reproduced. Unpaginated = 118pp. 40 color and 10 b&w illustrations.Sale prices in neat pencil above each entry. Loosely inserted; the Dec. 1973 ARTnews article on he sale by Jerry E. Patterson. This auction catalogue documents the historic Thursday, October 18th 1973 sale of fifty blue chip works from the pioneering collection of Robert C. - and his here-uncredited wife Ethel - Scull. This single evening kickstarted the secondary market for Post-war Contemporary Art by living American artists, especially those of the Pop persuasion; and resulted in the infamous heated confrontation between Robert Rauschenberg and the newly enriched Mr. Scull captured in Emile D'Antonio's documentary "Painters Painting". The sale included works by Lee Bontecou, John Chamberlain (2), Dan Christensen (2), Willem de Kooning (3), Walter De Maria, Jim Dine, Mark di Suvero, Philip Guston, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns (6), Franz Kline, Robert Morris (2), Barnett Newman (2), Claes Oldenburg (2), Larry Poons (2), Robert Rauschenberg (2), Larry Rivers, James Rosenquist (2), Lucas Samaras (2), George Segal, Frank Stella (3), Ernest Trova, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol (2), Tom Wesselmann (2), and Peter Young.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Selection of Fifty Works from the Collection of Robert C. Scull. Sale Number. 3557. First Edition. Annotated.
- Author
- Scull, Robert C. (1915-1986), collector.
- Publisher
- New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet.
- Publication year
- 1973
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller catalogs
- Art Catalogue
Wittenborn Art Books
San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
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We deal in antiquarian books, prints, posters, paintings and other art related material. We are also a publisher and distributer of art reference books, primarily catalogues raisonnés. We are related to Alan Wofsy Fine Arts and Dow & Frosini. Look for us at www.art-books.com
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