Would appreciate an help identifying this Miro

I am not sure what type of artwork this is other than it is Miro. In the lefthand corner it has written H.C. VII/X. Want to possibly sell it but can't until I know what it actually is.

Uploaded an image of the signature.

 

One of the most fake signatures out there. Better pic of the signature would help.

 

@Debora @Jivvy

Could be good, or could be just decorative. We'd need more images of the signature - looks like pencil, but can't be sure.

 

Google reverse image search found this: https://www.sothebys.com/en/auction.../old-master-modern-contemporary-prints-l07161

 

Or fake, as @rink28 hinted(! ?)

 

I have no idea if it's a legit print, a fake, or a student practicing by copying. Or anything else.

Not in my skillset to authenticate art.

 

What you should see on bottom margin left and right. I can't see any edition info on your image. A better pic would help.

Christie's

 

Sorry - I thought that was @Alexandra101 's response.

I'm not an authenticator, either. Just trying to facilitate better images.

 

Nevermind.

 

I don't see any edition either in the OP post when I zoomed in.

 

I have uploaded an image of the signature. Thank you.

 

Print annotations

 

What I have in the left hand corner is attached. I have uploaded the signature previously. Thanks so much.

 

I can't help any further, hopefully someone will come along and give me guidance. Just keep checking in.

Probably best to find a good appraiser in your area.

Welcome, @Alexandra101!

 

In the world of legit prints HC translates to "hors commerce" -- "not for sale" ...

It's the kind of thing that makes a print "seem" more valuable.

And, if legit, it may indeed add value - you need an art appraiser/auction house to answer that.

 

It is a genuine Miro lithograph, HC is equivalent of Artist's Proof. Generally speaking, HC's are worth less than numbered editions as there is really no limit to the number of so-called "proofs" out there. (I see this one is numbered 7 of 10 however, so that may make a difference.)

HC's got the bad rep from Salvador Dali whose HC's can run into the hundreds!!

 

Yours is one of a set of 15 Christie's
I don't know which one.

Homenatge a Joan Prats (M. 705, 709, 711, 713, 715, 717, 719, 721, 723, 725, 727, 729, 731, 733)

14 lithographs in colours, 1971, from the set of 15, on Guarro wove paper, with title and preface, each signed in pencil and numbered 70/75 (there were also eight copies lettered from A to H and ***five hors commerce copies***)

L. 545 x 750 mm., S. 650 x 850 mm. (each) (14)

Legwork required.

 

I don't think this print was a part of the set of sold by Christies. I think this was a print pulled at a different time, for a different purpose, by a different printmaker. No idea who or when or if Miro could have actually signed this.

To my naked eye, it looks as good as the ones that sold by Christies, but it may be nothing. Perhaps this is the time to get it appraised and insure it, or put it up for sale.

 

This is from christie's, @antidiem

But not H. C.

Was hoping to give op at least the corresponding number, but it's not labeled. It's not embedded in the photo info, either.

Appraiser would have access to Catalogue Raisonné.