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Cecil Maguire RHA RUA (b.1930)

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Cecil Maguire RHA RUA (b.1930)
Cecil Maguire RHA RUA (b.1930) A START IN THE COUNTRY - GALWAY RACES signed lower left; signed again and inscribed on reverse oil on board 61 by 91cm., 24 by 36in. The old start for many of the Galway Races used to be well away from the main course at Ballybrit, hence "a start in the country". Maguire painted a similar, though perhaps slightly less successful work, for his exhibition at the Kenny Art Gallery, Galway, in 1972. A photograph of this appeared in The Irish Independent of 1 August that year, with the caption 'Waiting for the start - Galway Races'. This same work was reproduced in the catalogue and titled 'Horses Exercising'. In the present work Maguire has shifted from a side-on view to a frontal perspective, engaging the viewer automatically in the excitement and impending action of the race.€8000-€10000 (IR £6200-£7800 approx.)
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