What is Fifty Works for Fifty States?
The Vogel 50x50 site brings together 2,500 contemporary artworks that were distributed throughout the nation as part of The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States gift. Currently, 1,035 of 2,500 artworks have been published on the site, and more are continuously added. Come back often to see what’s new!
Find an institution near you with works from the
Fifty Works for Fifty States gift. See All Participating Institutions
Fifty Works for Fifty States gift. See All Participating Institutions
View a list of exhibitions in which artworks from the
collection have appeared. See All Exhibitions Containing Vogel 50x50 Works
collection have appeared. See All Exhibitions Containing Vogel 50x50 Works
Who are the Vogels? Why do they collect?
Herbert Vogel (born 1922), spent most of his working life as a postman, and Dorothy Vogel (born 1935), was a reference librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library. Setting their collecting priorities above those of personal comfort, the couple devoted Herbert’s salary to the acquisition of contemporary art. What they may have lacked in material wealth was more than matched by their knowledge and passion for art, their delight in discovering new work, and their commitment to particular artists whose work moved them.
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