Herbert and Dorothy Vogel

Herbert and Dorothy Vogel

Herbert Vogel (born 1922) and Dorothy Vogel (born 1935) are American art collectors. Herbert Vogel was the son of a Russian Jewish garment worker from Harlem.[1] He never finished high school and worked as a clerk for the United States Postal Service until retiring in 1980. Dorothy Faye Hoffmann was the daughter of an Orthodox Jewish stationary merchant from Elmira, New York.[1] She holds a masters degree and worked as a librarian in the Brooklyn Public Library. Herbert and Dorothy married in 1962 in Elmira, New York.[2] Early in their marriage, they both took painting classes at New York University and rented a studio at Union Square, but gave up painting in favor of collecting.

Together they built a large and impressive contemporary art collection on their modest incomes. Dorothy's income covered their living expenses and they used Herb's income to buy art. Though their focus is conceptual art and minimalist art,[3] the collection also includes noteworthy post-minimalist work.[4] They amassed a collection of over 4,782 works, which they kept in their one-bedroom rent-controlled New York City apartment. In 1992, they decided to transfer the entire collection to the National Gallery of Art. More recently, in late 2008, they launched The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States along with the National Gallery of Art, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.[5] The program donated 2,500 works to 50 institutions across 50 states and was accompanied by a book with the same name. In 2008, an award-winning documentary about their story, Herb and Dorothy, was released.

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Early acquisitions

One of their earliest acquisitions was a work by Guiseppi Napoli that Herb actually bought before marrying Dorothy. They bought a ceramic piece by Pablo Picasso to celebrate their engagement. A piece by John Chamberlain was one of the first acquisitions after their marriage.[4]

Friendships with notable artists

The Vogels bought art from and became close friends with influential New York artists of the second half of the 20th Century including Sol LeWitt, Richard Tuttle, and many of the artists listed below. [4]

List of recipient museums

The recipient museums of the Vogel Collection's Fifty Works for Fifty States program are:

List of artists

The artists included in the Vogels' gifts are:

See also

References

  • National Gallery of Art, The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, Washington DC, National Gallery of Art, 2008, ISBN 061523271X
  • Paoletti. John T., From Minimal to Conceptual Art: Works from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Washington DC, National Gallery of Art, 1994, ISBN 0894682067

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Tablet Magazine accessed Jan. 3, 2011
  2. ^ http://vogel5050.org/#about, Accessed June 4, 2011
  3. ^ Beckman, Rachel (2008-06-19). "'Herb and Dorothy': You Can't Spell Heart Without Art". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061802720.html. Retrieved 2009-06-17. 
  4. ^ a b c "Vogel 50x50: The Collection Goes Public". http://vogel5050.org/#about&page=7&image=6. Retrieved 2009-12-22. 
  5. ^ "The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States". http://www.nga.gov/press/2008/vogel50x50_a.shtm. Retrieved 2009-06-19. 

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