NEUE AUCTIONS of Beachwood, Ohio, will hold its May Modern Online sale on May 15. The sale includes a wide range of paintings, sculptures, works on paper, furniture, art glass, ceramics, enamel work, and jewelry. Its lots are drawn from seasoned collectors and regional estates, including the late Cleveland concert promoter Mike Belkin and his wife Annie.
Among the highlights of the sale is Untitled, an ink on paper by Franz Kline. The circa-1950 abstraction is signed in the lower right corner by Kline and is estimated at $20,000– 30,000. Claude Venard’s boldly colored oil on canvas, at Still Life with Sculpture, is estimated at $3,000– 5,000. A French post-Cubist painter, Venard had a unique style of paint application emphasized in this work by its thick impasto. A fine enamel…