# Cecil Crosby Bell artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:29:50.707Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting

## About Cecil Crosby Bell

Cecil Crosby Bell (1906–1970) is identified in authority records as an American painter. Several catalogues use the middle name “Crosley,” while library records also shorten his name to Cecil C. Bell; these variants are important for matching works and records to the same artist. Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, IdRef, and museum artist files at MoMA and the National Gallery of Art provide a stable institutional identity trail, although the collected excerpts do not supply a detailed biography, training history, movement affiliation, or subject specialization. This profile therefore does not assign Bell to a particular school or claim a documented signature style. Collectors are most likely to encounter his name in connection with paintings and in catalogues that use one of the alternate name forms. Careful identity matching is especially useful because the supplied public name differs from the predominant authority form by one letter.

## Common works and media

Painting is the only work type directly supported by the collected authority records. The source pack does not establish recurring subjects, named series, print editions, sculptures, drawings, or other categories, so those details should be determined from the specific object and its documented catalogue history rather than assumed from the artist name alone.

## Market and appraisal context

Bell’s market record should be read work by work. The supplied research identifies him as a painter, but the collected excerpts do not expose individual lot descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, dimensions, condition, provenance, or attribution notes. A sound appraisal should first confirm that a work belongs to the same Cecil C. or Cecil Crosley Bell authority identity, then compare like media and closely related public lots when complete records are available. The present evidence does not support a price forecast, market trend, rarity claim, or premium for any subject or period.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38120536
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500066311
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/41784014/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/243669445
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/62458
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.33172.html