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.

Contents 1 Early acquisitions 2 Friendships with notable artists 3 List of recipient museums 4 List of artists 5 See also 6 References 7 Footnotes 8 External links

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:

Alabama – Birmingham Museum of Art Alaska – University of Alaska Museum of the North Arizona – Phoenix Art Museum Arkansas – Arkansas Arts Center California – Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Colorado – Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Connecticut – Yale University Art Gallery Delaware – Delaware Art Museum Florida – Miami Art Museum Georgia – High Museum of Art

Hawaii – Honolulu Academy of Arts Idaho – Boise Art Museum Illinois – University Museum, Southern Illinois University Indiana – Indianapolis Museum of Art Iowa – Museum of Art Cedar Rapids Kansas – Spencer Museum of Art Kentucky – Speed Art Museum Louisiana – New Orleans Museum of Art Maine – Portland Museum of Art Maryland – Academy Art Museum

Massachusetts – Harvard Art Museums Michigan – University of Michigan Museum of Art Minnesota – Weisman Art Museum Mississippi – Mississippi Museum of Art Missouri – Daum Museum of Contemporary Art Montana – Yellowstone Art Museum Nebraska – Joslyn Art Museum Nevada – Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery New Hampshire – Hood Museum of Art New Jersey – Montclair Art Museum

New Mexico – New Mexico Museum of Art New York – Albright-Knox Art Gallery North Carolina – Weatherspoon Art Museum North Dakota – Plains Art Museum Ohio – Akron Art Museum Oklahoma – Oklahoma City Museum of Art Oregon – Portland Art Museum Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Rhode Island – Rhode Island School of Design Museum South Carolina – Columbia Museum of Art

South Dakota – South Dakota Art Museum Tennessee – Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Texas – Blanton Museum of Art Utah – Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art Vermont – Robert Hull Fleming Museum Virginia – Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Washington – Seattle Art Museum West Virginia – Huntington Museum of Art Wisconsin – Milwaukee Art Museum Wyoming – University of Wyoming Art Museum

List of artists

The artists included in the Vogels' gifts are:

Gregory Amenoff Eric Amouyal William Anastasi Joe Andoe Carl Andre Stephen Antonakos Richard Anuszkiewicz Nancy Arlen Anne Arnold Richard Artschwager Jo Baer Carel Balth Will Barnet Robert Barry Zigi Ben-Haim Lynda Benglis Joseph Beuys James Bishop Ronald Bladen Dike Blair William (Bill) Bollinger Gary Bower Lisa Bradley Richmond Burton André Cadéré Loren Calaway Peter Campus McWillie Chambers Ann Chernow Chryssa Michael Clark (Clark Fox) John Clem Clarke Charles Clough Kathleen Cooke Peggy Cyphers Gene Davis Claudia de Monte Stuart Diamond Lois Dodd Koki Doktori Rackstraw Downes Robert Duran Benni Efrat William Fares

R.M. Fischer Joel Fisher Richard Francisco Adam Fuss Charles Gaines Pinchas Cohen Gan Dixie Friend Gay Jon Gibson David Gilhooly Michael Goldberg Ronald Gorchov Sidney Gordin Dan Graham Denise Green Rodney Alan Greenblat Peter Halley William L. Haney Don Hazlitt Jene Highstein Stewart Hitch Jim Hodges Tom Holland John Hultberg Ralph Humphrey Bryan Hunt David Hunter Peter Hutchinson Will Insley Patrick Ireland aka Brian O’Doherty Ralph Iwamoto Neil Jenney Bill Jensen Martin Johnson Joan Jonas Tobi Kahn Stephen Kaltenbach Steven Karr Steve Keister Alain Kirili Mark Kostabi Moshe Kupferman Cheryl Laemmle Ronnie Landfield Michael Lash

John Latham Michael Lathrop Wendy Lehman Annette Lemieux Jill Levine Sol LeWitt Roy Lichtenstein Robert Lobe Michael Lucero Robert Mangold Sylvia Plimack Mangold Andy Mann Antoni Miralda William Morehouse Kyle Morris Vik Muniz Takashi Murakami Catherine E. Murphy Elizabeth Murray Forrest Myers Giuseppe Napoli Joseph Nechvatal Richard Nonas David Novros Nam June Paik Raymond Parker Betty Parsons Henry C. Pearson Joel Perlman Richard Pettibone Lil Picard Larry Poons Katherine Porter Lucio Pozzi David Rabinowitch David Reed Edda Renouf Edward Renouf Judy Rifka Rodney Ripps Alexis Rockman Stephen Rosenthal Christy Rupp David Salle

John Salt Alan Saret David Sawin F. (Frank) L. Schröder Hans Jürgen [H.A.] Schult Peter Schuyff Barbara Schwartz Joel Shapiro Judith Shea Cindy Sherman Alan Shields Yinka Shonibare Lorna Simpson Tony Smith Keith Sonnier Richard Stankiewicz Robert Stanley Pat Steir Gary Stephan Michelle Stuart Donald Sultan Lori Taschler Hap Tivey John Torreano Daryl Trivieri Richard Tuttle Lynn Umlauf Leo Valledor Richard Van Buren Ruth Vollmer Ursula von Rydingsvard Robert Marshall Watts Lawrence Weiner Bettina Werner Joseph White Thornton Willis Terry Winters Tod Wizon Martin Wong Betty Woodman Mario Yrissary Larry Zox Joe Zucker Michael Zwack

See also

• 1992 in art

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. 

External links

• Vogel 50/50
• The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel papers, 1960-1990, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

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