REPRESENTED IN COLLECTIONS

Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.C.;
Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.C.;
Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y.C.;
Brooklyn Museum of Art, N.Y.C.;
Art Students' League of N.Y.;
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio;
Tel Aviv Museum, Israel;
National Gallery, Athens;
Kavala Municipal Museum;
and private collections including the following:

- Mr. and Mrs. John de Menil,
- Christos Bastis,
- Mrs. Charles S. Payson,
- Mrs. William Sachs,
- Miss Adelaide de Menil,
- Miss Christophe de Menil,
- Pierre Schlumberger,
- Miss Mary Simpson,
- Senator William Benton,
- Mr. William Alexander,
- Dr. Howard H. Shiras,
- Alexander Iolas,
- Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Steiffel,
- Nicos Vernicos-Eugenides.

REFERENCE TO AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHS OF VAGIS'S WORK IN THE FOLLOWING BOOKS:
Who's Who in American Art
Who's Who in the East
Art in America by Holger Cahill and Alfred H. Barr;
A Primer of Modern Art by Sheldon Cheney (1945 Revised Edition);
America Now - Civilization of the United States - compiled by 36 writers, published in 1938;
Modern Art in America by Martha Candler Cheney;
Encyclopedia of American Biography - Volume II, James T. White & Co.;
Contemporary American Sculpture by C. Ludwig Brume;
A New World History of Art by Sheldon Cheney;
Who's Who in America, 1956- 1957;
Story of Modern Art by Sheldon Cheney, 1958;
Life Magazine, June 11, 1956;
Perspectives magazine - Summer Issue, 1957;
Elias Ziogas, Nea Estia, 1955, p. 112ff;
Oi Ellines tis Amerikis, 1977;
E. Ferentinou, Zygos 13, 1955, p. 8ff;
S. Granitsas, Eikones 6.9.63, p. 20ff;
G. Christoyannis, Pnevmatiki Cypros, 1965;
Thrakika Chronika, l966;
Polygnotos Vagis (ed. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1981);
Ch. Koukouli-Chrysanthaki, Skapti Ili, S.F.G.T. Kavala, 1978, p. 171ff;
D. Papastamos, Polygnotos Vagis (Ed. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1981).


MEMBER OF:
Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors;
Audubon Artists;
Fellow International Institute of Arts and Letters;
Artists Equity;
Art Alliance of America, 1922;
Sculptor's Guild.


AWARDS:
Whitney Museum of American Art - Grant, 1923-1933;
Shilling Purchase Prize, 1945;
1st Sculpture Prize - Levittown Art Festival, Levittown, Long Island, 1951;
Audubon Artists Gold Medal of Honor for Sculpture, 1955;
Hon. Mention -Architectural League of New York, 1956;
Honorable Mention -Audubon Artists, 1957;
Grant for Sculpture, National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1957;
Commander, "Royal Order of the Phoenix" awarded by King Paul of Greece, 1962;
Candidate for Ford Foundation Grant, 1959.


MISCELLANEOUS:
Created: Bethpage Monument - "U.S. Forces", Bethpage, L.I., N.Y., 1952.