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Cecil Maguire
KIRWANS LANE
Lot 44
Price Realised:
€6,500
Estimate:
€4,000 - €6,000
Cecil Maguire RHA, RUA, 1930-2020
KIRWANS LANE
Oil on board, 36" x 16" (92 x 40cm), signed.
"The first experience of the West of Ireland provided this emotional jolt. When we moved there in the early sixties it was like enterin...
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Lot 44
Cecil Maguire
KIRWANS LANE
Lot 44
Cecil Maguire
KIRWANS LANE
Estimate:
€4,000 - €6,000
Cecil Maguire RHA, RUA, 1930-2020
KIRWANS LANE
Oil on board, 36" x 16" (92 x 40cm), signed.
"The first experience of the West of Ireland provided this emotional jolt. When we moved there in the early sixties it was like entering some sort of time warp. Like moving back to a time when I was a small boy in Co; Armagh. I recalled my grandparents walking in from the country with the main form of transport being the bicycle or the donkey and cart. I felt that I was coming in at the end of an era in Irish life. Attempting to paint it was exciting. Returning to my English poets, I often use a line from Dante Gabriel Rossetti's work to encapsulate my attitude to painting. In a sonnet on the history of the sonnet Rosetti said "A sonnet is a moment's monument". It is an attempt to capture the emotion, the excitement of that experience, whether at home or abroad. In an exhibition I hope that some of that emotion can be shared by those looking at the paintings. It is not the only way to paint but it has been my approach for over fifty years.
In recent years I have been able to buy back some of my early work. Perhaps this was an attempt to buy back some of those moments in an earlier life.
When we started in the Lurgan Art Club in the fifties we wondered if any of us would be painting in twenty years time. Today, looking back, fifty years doesn't seem so long."
Cecil Maguire (ref. Cecil Maguire, towards A retrospective)
KIRWANS LANE
Oil on board, 36" x 16" (92 x 40cm), signed.
"The first experience of the West of Ireland provided this emotional jolt. When we moved there in the early sixties it was like entering some sort of time warp. Like moving back to a time when I was a small boy in Co; Armagh. I recalled my grandparents walking in from the country with the main form of transport being the bicycle or the donkey and cart. I felt that I was coming in at the end of an era in Irish life. Attempting to paint it was exciting. Returning to my English poets, I often use a line from Dante Gabriel Rossetti's work to encapsulate my attitude to painting. In a sonnet on the history of the sonnet Rosetti said "A sonnet is a moment's monument". It is an attempt to capture the emotion, the excitement of that experience, whether at home or abroad. In an exhibition I hope that some of that emotion can be shared by those looking at the paintings. It is not the only way to paint but it has been my approach for over fifty years.
In recent years I have been able to buy back some of my early work. Perhaps this was an attempt to buy back some of those moments in an earlier life.
When we started in the Lurgan Art Club in the fifties we wondered if any of us would be painting in twenty years time. Today, looking back, fifty years doesn't seem so long."
Cecil Maguire (ref. Cecil Maguire, towards A retrospective)
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PLEASE BID EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.
In order to allow rival bidders the opportunity to respond to a late bid the following extensions will apply:
IF A BID IS RECEIVED WITHIN THE FINAL 45 SECONDS OF THE COUNTDOWN THE CLOCK WILL RESET TO 60 SECONDS.
At any point you can leave a maximum bid, representing the highest price you are prepared to pay for a particular lot. Bidding only advances when there is competition from a rival bidder. In that case the system bids on your behalf, only up to the maximum if required. All bids are relayed to you be email, along with notification if you have been outbid.
All maximum bids are confidential and not disclosed. The system will endeavor to purchase the lot for you for the least price. Bids are subject to buyer’s premium of 25% (incl vat), with no additional charges.
In the event of a tied bid, the preference will be given to the bid submitted first. The second bidder will receive immediate notification of being outbid.
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