A few years ago, I watched an entertaining documentary called “Herb & Dorothy” as part of the PBS “Independent Lens” series. I just noticed that its now on DVD!
Herb & Dorothy Vogel collected art – it was their passion. These 2 acquired so many canvases and sculptures that they ran out of room in their NYC apartment. Not only was there no more wall space, but there was no room under the bed, in the bath room or in the closets.
From the 1960s through the 1990s, they collected over 4,000 items, even though as government workers they didn’t have lots of money to buy. They loved art and artists, found painters and sculptors before they became famous (and expensive) and bought what they liked. Eventually the collection was moved to a gallery at the National Museum of Art in Washington, DC with a speculated worth of millions. Is this what “having an eye” means?
Herb & Dorothy Vogel- glad I met them.
(BTW: The “Herb & Dorothy” DVD, directed by Megumi Sasaki, was released at the end of December 2009)
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