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20th Century Works of Art on Paper, Bloomsbury Auctions, New York June 3rd, 2009, 2:00 p.m.(0)

Next month Bloomsbury will offer an extraordinary breadth of material, mostly prints, but also a few drawings, as well as a decorative object (Picasso is the culprit, of course.), and some photographs. The largest part of this “American Art,” amounts to no less than a comprehensive survey of American printmaking in the earlier twentieth century. “Modern Prints,” “Contemporary Prints,” and “Pop Art” carry this up to the century’s end. If these sections are less encyclopedic, there are first-rate pieces to be had. There is also an especially appealing section devoted to Mexican prints, including a spectacular group by Rufino Tamayo. The sale contains no end of 20th century classics. An active print collector will have seen many of them with dealers and in museum exhibitions over the years, but I can’t quite remember seeing so many of them concentrated in one place. Without a doubt, a beginning collector could form the torso, if not a good part of the limbs of a serious collection of American prints at this sale.