Herb & Dorothy 50X50 (2013)
50 works of art to 50 states. 2500 extraordinary gifts from one ordinary couple.
87 min
A follow up to award winning documentary 'Herb & Dorothy', the film captures the ordinary couple's extraordinary gift of art to the nation as they close the door on their life as collectors. When Herb and Dorothy Vogel, a retired postal clerk and librarian, began collecting works of contemporary art in the 1960s, they never imagined it would outgrow their one bedroom Manhattan apartment and spread throughout America. 50 years later, the collection is nearly 5,000 pieces and worth millions. Refusing to sell, the couple launches an unprecedented gift project giving artworks to one museum in all 50 states. The film journeys around the country with the Vogels, meeting artists who are famous or unknown, often controversial, striking today's society with questions about art and its survival.
- Release date
- March 30, 2013
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
Cast
- Dorothy Vogel as Self
- Paula Antebi as Self - Herb's sister
- Robert Barry as Self - Artist
- Lisa Bradley as Self - Artist
- Christo and Jeanne-Claude as Themselves - Artist
- Chuck Close as Self - Artist
- Charles Clough as Self - Artist
- Joel Dinglasan as Self - Physical Therapist, Kinetic Sports Physical Therapy P.C.
- Patrick Duffy as Self - Board President, Las Vegas Art Museum
Crew
- Herbert Vogel · Archive footage
- Megumi Sasaki · Director
- Megumi Sasaki · Producer
- David Majzlin · Composer
- Erik Shirai · Cinematographer
- Bernadine Colish · Editor