10 Modern and Contemporary Artworks at Auction in July

• Estimate $80,000–120,000

Trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, William J. McCloskey was skilled at conveying form, light, and texture in his paintings. Fruit was of particular interest to the artist, especially oranges, and he painted them in various forms throughout his career.

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• Estimate $15,000–$25,000

Louise Nevelson was a feminist 20th century artist who created large monochromatic wooden wall sculptures and outdoor installations. Much of her work was inspired by or created with discarded items. Today, a sculpture garden in New York called Louise Nevelson Plaza is dedicated to her works.

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• Estimate $3,000–$5,000

A leader of the Op art movement, Victor Vasarely combined colorful graphics and geometric shapes to create illusions of depth.

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• Estimate $4,000–7,000

Texas-based artist Billy Hassell is best-known for vibrant, colorful paintings that re-imagine natural experiences. His paintings and lithographs often feature geometric patterns seen on wildlife, such as from the skin of reptiles.

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• Estimate $7,000–10,000

Toots Zynsky is a glass artist best-known for works featuring the filet-de-verre, or glass thread technique, for which thousands of multicolored threads of glass are laid on a flat plate and then fused in a kiln.

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• Estimate $50,000–80,000

Enrique Alférez was introduced to sculpture by his father, who was a woodworker. He served in the Constitutional Army during the Mexican Revolution at age 12 and later worked as a photographer's assistant. His career in sculpture didn't begin until he enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1927-1929. Today, many of his sculptures stand in parks and buildings in New Orleans.

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• Estimate $40,000–70,000

Though George Rodrigue's earlier paintings were often of Louisiana landscapes and family gatherings, it was his Blue Dog paintings, influenced by the Cajun loup-garou legend, that garnered the artist global fame in the 1990s.

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• Estimate $8,000–12,000

Dorothy Hood was a Modernist painter who frequently drew on her Texan roots in imagery and color palettes evocative of Southwest. Her surrealist works were often inspired by mythology, science, and spirituality.

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• Estimate $15,000–25,000

Wolf Kahn was a German-born artist who evacuated Nazi Germany and moved to the U.S. He was best-known for creating vivid, colorful landscapes. Kahn was the recipient of numerous awards, including a Fulbright Scholarship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and an Award in Art from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died in March of this year at age 92.

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• Estimate $15,000–25,000

Graffiti artist Futura began his artistic career by painting illegally in the New York City subway in the early 1970s. He was a leader of abstract street art in the 1980s. He is also known as an illustrator and graphic designer who has worked with major global brands and has designed album art for The Clash.

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