Dick Bagley
1946
76.0 x 64.0 cm
Alice Neel (1900 – 1984)
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Richard Bagley (1920–1961) was a Greenwich Village documentary cinematographer. Two years after sitting for this portrait he came to prominence for his camerawork on Sidney Meyer"s film The Quiet One (1948) and Lionel Rogosin"s On the Bowery (1956). Neel captured the sensitivity and melancholy of the twenty-six-year-old Bagley by focusing on his deep-set eyes with their dark shadows and his attenuated right hand.
About this artwork
- Title: Dick Bagley
- Artist: Alice Neel
- Year: 1946
- Original dimensions: 76.0 x 64.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Color palette: Earthy
- Perceived brightness: deep_shadow