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There was never any question as to who should sculpt Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scull, Manhattan's leading pop art patrons. George Segal, of course-the man who has made his reputation by casting his models full size in plaster, then setting them in "environments" that range from a washbasin (for a nude washing her foot) to the whole front door of a brownstone. The only thing holding back Ethel Scull was her dislike of being slathered all over with wet plaster...
...inch of plaster, her body heat was building up at the same time the plaster itself was heating in the process of drying. "You're doing very well," said her husband reassuringly. "I'm burning up!" cried Ethel, as the plaster dried. To cool her, Husband Scull put a cold compress on her forehead...
Sunglasses & Sneakers. When her face cast was cut off, she headed for the showers without a word. But today she feels differently: "I survived something I didn't think I was capable of, and I know it was worth it." Now the two figures-Robert Scull was cast in his sneakers without incident-are permanently placed in their Fifth Avenue apartment. Ethel wears her signature sunglasses; Robert stands proudly behind the Victorian couch. The Courreges boots? Says Ethel gaily: "Oh, somebody will find them inside in some other century. I forgive everyone, even though I did have welts...
...abstract expressionism received its first definitive testing on the auction block. The creative heyday of the movement is over; the question was, how much of it survives in cash values Of 20 paintings, 13 belonged to Robert C. Scull a New York taxicab-fleet owner who has embraced pop art. His purpose m selling was to bankroll his new foundaion to support younger artists with-dealers. "Let the oldtimers pay for tomorrow," he said. They did. Top price -$37,000-was for Willem de Kooning's 1955 Police Gazette; Barnett Newman's Tundra, consisting of a red horizontal...
...prevent the painting from being sold piecemeal, Pop Art Collector Robert Scull bought F-111 for an extravagant $60,000. He will need a museum to show it. "I realize I bought a monster," said Scull, "but the painting makes us look at our culture. Behind our prosperity is the ominous F-111." Says Scull's wife Ethel of her husband: "It's great, but I think...