Herbert Vogel (August 16, 1922 – July 22, 2012) and Dorothy Vogel (born 1935), once described as "proletarian art collectors,"[1] worked as civil servants in New York City for more than a half-century while amassing what has been called one of the most important post-1960s art collections in the United States,[2] mostly of minimalist and conceptual art.[3] Herbert Vogel died on July 22, 2012, in a Manhattan nursing home.[4]
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- ^ "Collector Herbert Vogel has died aged 89". Art Media Agency. 24 July 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ Pes, Javier (24 July 2012). "US collector extraordinaire dies aged 89". The Art Newspaper. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ "Herbert Vogel obituary". The Washington Post. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.