Vogel, Dorothy (1935–)
Vogel, Dorothy (1935–)
American art collector. Born Dorothy Hoffman, May 14, 1935, in Elmira, New York; dau. of a stationery store owner; studied at University of Buffalo, 1953–55; Syracuse University, BA, 1957; University of Denver, MA in library studies, 1958; m. Herbert Vogel (postal worker), in 1962.
With husband, made 1st important art purchase, one of the earliest works that Sol LeWitt—a founding member of the minimal school—ever sold (1965), then concentrated on minimalism and conceptualism, eventually amassing a collection of more than 2,000 paintings, drawings, and sculptures, all housed in their one-bedroom apartment in New York; bequeathed their collection to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC (1992).
See also Women in World History.
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