Herbert and Dorothy Vogel

[5] He never finished high school and, after serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, worked nights as a clerk sorting mail for the United States Postal Service until his retirement in 1979.

[8][9] One of their earliest acquisitions was a work by Giuseppe Napoli [fr] that Herb bought before marrying Dorothy.

A piece called Crushed Car Parts by American sculptor John Chamberlain was their first post-wedding acquisition.

[9] They amassed a collection of over 4,782 works, which they displayed, and also stored in closets and under the bed, in their rent-controlled one-bedroom apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

Released in 2008, Herb and Dorothy focused on the story of the Vogels, how they amassed their collection, and their donation of it to the National Gallery of Art.