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HERB & DOROTHY tells the extraordinary 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. Within these limitations, they proved themselves curatorial visionaries most of those they supported and befriended went on to become world-renowned artists including Sol LeWitt, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Richard Tuttle, Chuck Close, Robert Mangold, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Lynda Benglis, Pat Steir, Robert Barry, Lucio Pozzi, and Lawrence Weiner. Directed by Megumi Sasaki.
www.herbanddorothy.com
Original Release
11/16/2008
US Release
11/16/2008
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Paula Antebi | Self - Herb's Sister |
Will Barnet | Self - Artist |
Robert Barry | Self - Artist / Himself - artist |
Lynda Benglis | Self - Artist |
Michael Bloomberg | Self - Mayor of New York City / Himself - Mayor of New York City (archive footage) |
Christo and Jeanne-Claude | Themselves - Artists |
Chuck Close | Self - Artist |
Jack Cowart | Self - Director, Roy Lichtenstein Foundation |
Molly Bridges Donovan | Self - Curator, National Gallery of Art |
Carole Hoffman | Self - Dorothy's Sister-in-Law |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Paula Antebi | Self - Herb's Sister |
Will Barnet | Self - Artist |
Robert Barry | Self - Artist / Himself - artist |
Lynda Benglis | Self - Artist |
Michael Bloomberg | Self - Mayor of New York City / Himself - Mayor of New York City (archive footage) |
Christo and Jeanne-Claude | Themselves - Artists |
Chuck Close | Self - Artist |
Jack Cowart | Self - Director, Roy Lichtenstein Foundation |
Molly Bridges Donovan | Self - Curator, National Gallery of Art |
Carole Hoffman | Self - Dorothy's Sister-in-Law |
Sidney S. Hoffman | Self - Dorothy's Brother |
Sol LeWitt | Self - Artist |
Joe Libonati | Self - Postal Worker |
Robert Mangold | Self - Artist |
Sylvia Mangold | Self - Artist |
John Paoletti | Self - Art Historian |
Lucio Pozzi | Self - Artist |
Charles Ritchie | Self - Curator, National Gallery of Art |
Charlie Rose | Self - Host, The Charlie Rose Show / Himself |
Julie Salamon | Self - Journalist, New York Times |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Lilly Bright | Executive Producer |
Stanley F. Buchthal | Executive Producer |
Sally Jo Fifer | Executive Producer |
Maja Hoffman | Executive Producer |
Karl Katz | Executive Producer |
David Koh | Executive Producer |
Catherine Price | Executive Producer |
Maja Hoffmann | Executive Producer |
Megumi Sasaki | Producer |
Takeshi Yamasaki | Producer |