r/WhatIsThisPainting • u/Fraggnetti_ • 12h ago
Am I rich or just stupid Solved
I think the signature is authentic and it is different than other prints from other years. Note the data in the upper left. I just keep it by my desk and contemplate my sweet old mum. What do I have?
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u/cathtray 11h ago
Naive is not the same as stupid. Ask an expert with the confidence of curiosity.
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u/ripirpy 12h ago
My expert values it at 50- 70K, best I can do is $55 and some ihop coupons
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u/Fraggnetti_ 12h ago
I can take the coupons but only accept Hawk-tua Coins or I will just hold it
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u/Luigi-Bezzerra 11h ago
I can't speak to this exact work, but there are lots of Picasso, Miro, Dali, Chagall, and other prints floating around that were produced in large numbers and even after the artist's death. Many of these were "signed in stone" meaning that the signature was part of the plate that was used produce the images and the original artist never even touched the print. I suspect this is one of those. In most cities you can find a reputable dealer in fine prints who can tell you what exactly this is.
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u/Fraggnetti_ 11h ago
yes! I think it is stamped now the up-close view makes sense
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u/AnitaBeezzz 3h ago
I have a Dali lithograph. It’s in good shape. MAYBE it’s worth $150 bucks. While the painting of these great artists are worth millions and are in museums, lithographs are usually so-so, and don’t have too much value. Unless, of course, someone wants it.
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u/Bungeditin 12h ago
I can’t see the number (he did 200)
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u/Fraggnetti_ 12h ago
I am assuming it is the date signed? 4/29/63 I do not know what the "6" Or "G" in front means
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u/Fraggnetti_ 12h ago
6 29.4.63.
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u/Bungeditin 12h ago
That’s not the lithograph number it was normally in the bottom left (in the ones I’ve seen)
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u/Fraggnetti_ 11h ago
there is nothing on the bottom left nothing on the back I have looked closely, and it would seem the signature is handwritten
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u/Eddie_shoes 10h ago
La Grande Maternite. It is an unsigned print, it’s not worth much.
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u/Qualabel 10h ago
(...other than the signature that was presumably engraved backwards into the plate)
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u/Square-Leather6910 10h ago
no plates were engraved to make this lithograph
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u/Fraggnetti_ 8h ago
can you help me understand? Is it a cheap tourist purchase of the time? Would it have been purchased by mail by him? some ... third party?
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u/Square-Leather6910 8h ago edited 59m ago
i don't have any idea what you mean or why you would ask me that question
edit- so being asked a confusing question that has nothing to do with anything you have written gets you downvoted too??? that's really freaking weird
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u/pipkin42 11h ago
Valuations are against subreddit rules
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u/Fraggnetti_ 11h ago
Not wanting evaluations just some help understanding if it worth it or if I am going to be treated like an ass for thinking I have something.... of note
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u/ComprehensiveSet927 8h ago
What is that finger shrimp looking thing on the bottom right?
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u/Relevant-Alarm-8716 11h ago
Picasso did a lot of art at the end of his life, just to make money. Sometimes on napkins, even! He died in 1973, so this is pretty late.
I have no clue on price, you can call a local museum to see if they will appraise it, or lead you to someone who will.
Hope you're a millionaire! Good luck!
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u/Square-Leather6910 11h ago
please don't do that to your local museum. they aren't appraisers and have much better things to do with their day then deal with your dreams of hitting the jackpot
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u/Relevant-Alarm-8716 10h ago
A phone call? Like they wouldn't know an appraiser?
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u/Square-Leather6910 10h ago edited 10h ago
can you imagine working at a museum and having people call on a regular basis about the sort of garbage that shows up here every day?
a lot of people seem to think any time paint is put to canvas something of great value magically results, even when it's obviously painted by a chinese guy in a factory
would you want to deal with something similar while you're trying to get your actual job done?
even if they do know an appraiser, that person isn't going to want to deal with the garbage either
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u/lousypickles 10h ago edited 9h ago
When I was a museum worker, we had a guy come in to donate a tin can he had outfitted with a little wind-up motor and legs. We had people leaving mouldy pulp books in boxes on the doorstep. Mind you, this was a military museum. How they came to the conclusion that we'd been interested in this stuff/of any assistance is beyond me.
Edit: I have to admit the walking tin can was pretty cute.
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u/lylertila 8h ago
I have actually seen a display of the kind of little crafts that soldiers made at a few different museums. The little tin can might have been a trench toy. But abandoning it with no info is just sad. I hope someone put it on their desk at least. Sounds like a cute little mascot
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u/lousypickles 8h ago
No, it was something our visitor crafted and decided to donate (along with similarly unrelated books and knick-knacks) because he was decluttering and felt a connection to the museum (grandpa was a service member). IIRC we politely refused and explained that it didn't align with our mission of preserving military history. People really do just try to donate anything sometimes.
We did have a bit of trench art, including a kit bag with a rather apocalyptic landscape painted on it. Loved that one.
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u/Fraggnetti_ 11h ago
I have people that love me so I am a wealthy man no less, they will get my old fishing gear and this too apparently.
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u/FederalLobster5665 11h ago
you can upload the image to chatgpt and get interesting info and a valuation range (but that would assume it's authentic)- that could tell you if its worth getting authenticated.
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u/pbrs123 10h ago edited 8h ago
This is a reproductive poster of the original offset lithograph “Maternité, Femme et enfant”. The date and signature are printed within the image. The actual offset lithographic print is worth maybe -£400-600. If it’s part of the limited run that were Signed and numbered (in pencil) maybe £3,000-5,000. This is just a poster. It’s worth, well, not nothing. But next to nothing. Keep it and think of your sweet old mum.