Herb and Dorothy - Film Preview

[gildoinc]

Here is the preview for the documentary Herb and Dorothy (The Vogels) - the couple that build a world class collection on a postal worker and librarian salary.

www.herbanddorothy.com/



I've been fortunate to meet them a handful of times and they are really nice people. They have sacrificed just about every possible comfort to buy art, and when they couldn't buy it they traded for it. But if I personally knew Chuck Close, I would also offer to watch his cat for a painting. They have bequeathed their entire collection (I think over 4000 pieces) to the National Gallery of Art.

[sleepboy]

[Weekender]

Jun 25, 2009 5:54:57 GMT -8 sleepboy said:

DVD released on 15th December 2009

www.herbanddorothy.com/

[epicfai]

Apr 10, 2011 14:24:11 GMT -8 insomniac said:

Jan 12, 2010 4:43:41 GMT -8 Weekender said:

DVD released on 15th December 2009

www.herbanddorothy.com/

Just watched this on NetFlix streaming today... A great little documentary, I highly recommend watching it (especially if you have NetFlix).

great film.

[swabie2424]

Watched this today with my wife via Netflix streaming.

It's a really enjoyable little documentary. Those two have/had an unbelievably jaw dropping collection. There's something "special" about the way they go about their lives and their art - without pretense or pseudo-intellectualism, open-minded and with raw honesty and pure passion. Like two kids... and the NY art world is their candy shop.

[sleepboy]

Herb passed away...

www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/herbert-vogel-unlikely-art-collector-and-benefactor-of-national-gallery-dies-at-89/2012/07/22/gJQANqOf2W_story_2.html?socialreader_check=0&denied=1