Harry Moore-Gwyn announces highlights from the British and Continental Pictures and Prints auction
(Artdaily.org)

This October Harry Moore-Gwyn`s British and Continental Pictures and Prints auction of over 200 lots, includes a particularly engrossing collection of prints, etchings, lithographs and a linocut by well-known 18th to 20th century artists. Highlights in this group include the seminal linocut by the great 20th century British printmaker Claude Flight entitled `Speed` (estimate: £15,000-£20,000). `The Round Tower` (plate III from Carceri d`Invenzione) by Giovanni Battista Piranesi - an etching and engraving from 1749, probably printed in 1830, carries an estimate of £800-£1000. There is a wealth of good 19th century French Impressionist lithographs including `Carnaval`, `Marie-Louise Marsy` and `Jeanne Granier` (from portraits d`acteurs et d`actrices`) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Also `Les Boulevards` by Pierre Bonnard – estimate £500-£700, and a plate from `Les Gens de Justice` by Honore Daumier. The well-known realist pe