Herb & Dorothy (2008) on Netflix
NR20081h 27mBiographyDocumentary
Herbert Vogel is a postal clerk and Dorothy Vogel a librarian, both for New York City. On modest salaries the couple collects contemporary art, minimal and conceptual pieces.
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Plot summary
Herbert Vogel works for New York City as a postal clerk, and Dorothy Vogel works as a librarian. Their pay is modest and their household is middle-class, yet the two of them buy contemporary art, choosing minimalist and conceptual pieces. What they keep grows into an enormous and valuable collection, counted among the most important of its kind. Artists are interviewed in the documentary.
Cast
- Herbert Vogelas Self
- Dorothy Vogelas Self
- Paula Antebias Herself - Herb's Sister
- Will Barnetas Himself - Artist
- Robert Barryas Himself - Artist
- Lynda Benglisas Herself - Artist
- Christo and Jeanne-Claudeas Themselves - Artists
- Jack Cowartas Himself - Director, Roy Lichtenstein Foundation
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- Molly Donovanas Herself - Curator, National Gallery of Art
- Carole Hoffmanas Herself - Dorothy's Sister-in-Law
- Sidney S. Hoffmanas Himself - Dorothy's Brother
- Sol LeWittas Himself - Artist (archive footage)
- Joe Libonatias Himself - Postal Worker
- Robert Mangoldas Himself - Artist
- Sylvia Mangoldas Herself - Artist (as Sylvia Plimack Mangold)
