An Embarrassment of Riches
"Art is mute when money talks"* - by Tama
In the early 1960s a librarian and a postal worker fell in love and
married. They loved art and began to 
collect what they could afford,
living on her salary, buying with his. At the time what they bought was
modern and conceptual art. It was cheap and many of the artists were
starving. Now the artists are household names and the librarian and the
postal worker own one of the largest and most important collections in
the world. And they still live in their one-bedroom, rent controlled
Manhattan apartment.
"We never realized something was going to become important...we never thought of that." Dorothy Vogel
Megumi Sasaki tells the inspiring story of this couple in Herb and Dorothy. The film has garnered a number of awards, including winner of the "Audience Award" at the Hamptons Film Festival, and winner of the "Best Documentary" award at Provincetown Film Festival.
A portion of their collection was recently in Portland as part of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: 50 Works for 50 States Projects, which distributes their vast collection across the country for all to enjoy.
*quote by Patrick Mimran
Posted by Alison
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