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June 02, 2009

Herb and Dorothy

This is just wonderful and will make you smile. Herb and Dorothy tells the story of Herbert Vogel, a postal clerk, and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, who managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history with very modest means.

In the early 1960s, when very little attention was paid to Minimalist and Conceptual Art, Herb and Dorothy Vogel quietly began purchasing the works of unknown artists. Devoting all of Herb's salary to purchase art they liked, and living on Dorothy's paycheck alone, they continued collecting artworks guided by two rules: the piece had to be affordable, and it had to be small enough to fit in their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment. After 30 years of collecting Herb and Dorothy managed to collect over 2,000 pieces of artworks.

The documentary opens in New York City on June 5.
Visit www.herbanddorothy.com
Found via We Made This


Posted at 09:12 PM in Art |

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Mark Randall Kilburn

I LOVE IT! A richer life would be hard to live Imagine the stories they could tell! WOW!

Posted by: Mark Randall Kilburn | June 03, 2009 at 07:29 AM

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