ANY INFO ON MIRO PRINT

Evening all!
My friend found this in a storage unit he won at a auction. He told me he wanted $100 for it but I offered $50, so he said he'd wait till someone paid his price & he put it behind his counter (he owns a 2nd hand furniture store).
2 months later with no offers it was still there - but now the glass has been cracked & the top corner of the frame has come loose - so I got to buy it today for $45.
Did I get a good deal?
Can anyone tell me it's name? Age? Is it a original or a reprint?
I like it but I don't love it - I'm just hoping I did OK with it with resell in mind.
Also - the paper itself looks better than the plain paper you see used on cheaper prints - it measures measures 26" x 20"
Thank you for any info!

 

It's fake. They're all fake.

Debora

 

Figures and a Dog in front of the Sun. 1949. It's in the Kunstmuseum Basel.

Debora

 

I picked one up at our Free Shop a few years ago. Different print, but nicely framed in silver. It's in my office.

 

It's not hand signed..plusxitsxstick in a cheap metal frame. Not worth much. I would of left it if your going to re sell it.

 

Thanks - with all he's given me I'll take a little hit.
Thanks again - was hoping but it is what I expected

 

Avoid Miró, avoid Chagall, avoid Picasso.

Debora

 

Respectfully disagree to avoid the “major” names as the real deals are out there but one does have to know what they’re looking at. As a general rule, modern through contemporary prints that are not numbered and are signed in the plate only do not have value other than decorative.

 

Needle. Proverbial haystack.

Debora

 

Agree in general...although I've managed to find(in the same thrift store at diff times) both a picasso and a chagall lithograph that I was able to ID and resell for a pretty good profit (about $250 each)...nothing spectacular but not bad seeing as i paid less than 20 each. That being said...I've seen dozens...maybe hundreds of others that were low quality repros. Hard to figure out which ones to gamble on ...Debora's advice is good advice.

 

I don’t consider myself that unusual although I do have a background in art and never look at prints without a loupe but I’ve got a houseful of “needles”. All of my signed limited edition art prints were bought at thrifts, consignment stores, flea markets, garage sales, etc.

I’ve yet to find out I have a fake although I know it could happen.

The only one that personally scares me is Dali since a gazillion reams of signed Arches blanks were printed after death and I definitely do not have the knowledge to differentiate.

 

My point wasn't that there aren't finds to be made by someone with a good eye. My point was that Miró, Chagall, Picasso and -- thank you as I forgot to add Dalí -- were and are both widely reproduced and widely faked. Buying works by these artists at thrift shops etc. is like buying a lottery ticket except the odds aren't as good.

Debora

 

“Knowledge is power” but I maintain that the first step is to always carry a loupe when you pick and do a drop of youtubing or whatever to see how low quality reproductions break down upon magnification, the difference between a pencil sig and a printed one etc.

I’m not arguing that the aforementioned artists aren’t out there in huge numbers of low quality reproductions, but the genuine ones are out there too.

It’s not so difficult to learn to use a loupe and differentiate high quality paper from junk and to look for chops.

IMO finding valuable art prints on the cheap is the best lottery I’ve ever played but I’m also lucky enough to live in an area where the very wealthy don’t seem to give much thought about tossing valuable art.

 

I think I would avoid Dali prints as well.

 

Absolutely. And Thomas Kinkade too (but for a different reason!)

Debora

 

well, I still like mine , and the poster I absconded with, to go with it!

 

I think that is the crux of it... one does have to have more knowledge than the average buyer would.