Corrado Cagli Auction Prices and Value Guide

Corrado Cagli auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 477 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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Corrado Cagli auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Corrado Cagli
Source records
477
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About Corrado Cagli

Corrado Cagli (1910–1976) was an Italian painter, sculptor, and draftsman of Jewish heritage, born in Rome. A versatile twentieth-century artist, he worked across oil painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, illustration, and graphic design. Cagli's Jewish identity directly shaped his biography: after the introduction of racial laws in Fascist Italy, he emigrated to the United States, where he lived and worked during World War II. Following the war he returned to Rome and resumed his artistic practice. His work is held in major museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Cagli's career spans pre-war Italian art, his American exile period, and post-war production in Rome, making his work encountered by collectors in a range of media and contexts, from easel paintings and works on paper to ceramics and commissioned designs.

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Common works and media

Cagli produced oil paintings on canvas and panel, watercolors, ink and pencil drawings, lithographs and other editioned prints, ceramic works, and graphic design pieces. Figurative compositions, mythological scenes, and allegorical subjects recur throughout his career. Collectors may encounter his work as individual paintings, drawings, prints, ceramics, and occasional stage or costume designs.

Market and appraisal context

Corrado Cagli's work appears at auction primarily as paintings, works on paper, and prints. His output also includes ceramics, sculptures, and design pieces, though these are less frequently traded. Valuation depends on medium, size, date of execution, provenance, condition, and the specific period of his career the work represents. Oil paintings with documented exhibition history or gallery provenance tend to carry the strongest estimates. Collectors should note that Cagli's multidisciplinary practice means attribution and medium identification require careful examination, particularly for unsigned works on paper and ceramics, where public auction comparables may be limited.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Value drivers

  1. Medium: oil paintings generally command higher estimates than works on paper or prints
  2. Period: pre-exile, American, and post-war phases may differ in market demand
  3. Provenance and exhibition history strengthen value
  4. Condition and attribution are critical for works on paper and ceramics

Appraisal caveats

  • Specific movement affiliations (e.g., Scuola Romana) are widely referenced for Cagli but were not explicitly confirmed in the collected source excerpts; buyers should verify movement attribution through scholarly sources.
  • Cagli's multidisciplinary output means cataloguing requires careful medium identification, especially for ceramics and design works.
  • Market benchmarks for rarer media such as ceramics and stage designs may be limited compared to paintings and drawings.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.

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Data basis

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Artist value FAQ

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Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.

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