# Cecil Maguire artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/cecil-maguire/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T13:38:05.620Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Common media: Painting, Works on paper and prints, Sculpture and mixed media, Decorative art and editions

## Portrait

![Cecil Maguire](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/83/Cecil_Maguire.jpg)
Cecil Maguire · see-source-page
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Maguire

## About Cecil Maguire

Cecil Maguire (1930–2020) was a painter whose available public profile centers on landscape and figure subjects. Art UK supplies his life-year span, while Wikipedia describes him as Irish and reports works in collections at the United Nations headquarters in New York and the Ulster Museum in Belfast. Wikidata instead classifies him as British, so nationality remains an unresolved cataloguing difference rather than a settled field. In auction and appraisal settings, Maguire is encountered principally through paintings. The collected Appraisily market page also groups records under works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions, although those broad categories may reflect name-matched records rather than a definitive catalogue of his practice. Collectors should compare each object's medium, subject, date, signature or inscriptions, provenance, condition, and attribution with closely related examples instead of treating the artist name alone as sufficient identification.

## Common works and media

Painting is the work type most clearly supported by the identity sources, with landscapes and figures identified as recurring subjects. Appraisily's auction index additionally places name-matched records in works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. Those secondary categories should be verified object by object and should not be treated as a complete or authenticated catalogue of Maguire's output.

## Market and appraisal context

Cecil Maguire's auction results should be assessed through closely matched comparables rather than a single headline price. Useful comparisons align medium, dimensions, subject, date, condition, restoration history, provenance, signature or inscriptions, and attribution confidence. Exhibition history and catalogue references may add context when documented. Appraisily's collected market page contains a relatively limited priced-record set and gives inconsistent totals in different sections, so its inventory should be refreshed before quoting an exact record count. Broad category labels may also contain uncertain name matches. Public results can omit private transactions and may report fees differently; authentication, condition, attribution changes, and the quality of the comparable group can materially alter an appraisal conclusion.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Record matching, authorship, condition, and attribution should be independently checked before relying on the data for an appraisal.

## Sources

- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/maguire-cecil-19302020
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21462091
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Maguire
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/cecil-maguire/