DALLAS, TX.- Artwork reflecting the wide range of cultures and people in Texas will be featured in Heritage Auctions’ Texas Art Auction Nov. 2 in Dallas, Texas.

“I am excited about this auction – it is as diverse as the state of Texas,” Heritage Auctions Texas Art Director Atlee Phillips said. “There are some fabulous examples of works from across all periods and genres—something for every collector.”

David Bates Self Portrait – Gulf Coast, 2005 (estimate: $25,000-35,000) is a rarity for the Dallas-born artist and reveals his affection for the South and its physical landscapes, portraying himself while painting in front of water and palm trees. This oil on canvas laid on panel measures 40 inches high by 30 inches wide, is signed “Bates” lower left and is signed, dated and titled “Bates / Self Portrait / Gulf Coast / 2005” on the reverse. Bates is a renowned Texas artist whose work is included in permanent collections of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., New York’s Museum of Modern Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. This is just the second self-portrait ever brought to auction by the artist who has been referred to as a realistic “modern naïve painter” whose works have a modern or contemporary look with a folk art style to them. Heritage Auctions set the record for the highest price ever paid for a Bates painting when The Texas Queen, 1982 sold in May 2015 for $221,000.

From a private Texas collection comes Otis Dozier Koshari Corn Dancers, 1955 (estimate: $12,000-18,000), a 26-by-36-inch oil on Masonite work by the artist who was a member of a group of Texas regionalist artists known as “the Dallas Nine,” a group of artists who put Dallas on the art map in the 1940s. Koshari Corn Dancers utilizes the green, blue and tan palette for which Dozier is known, and is signed and dated “Otis Dozier ’55” lower right. Dozier stepped outside his normal range of typically identifiable Texas scenes to paint Koshari Corn Dancers, a more Western scene of Native Americans.

Julian Onderdonk November Morning (estimate: $10,000-15,000) is a smaller (9 by 12 inches) work by the Texas Impressionist who often was referred to as “the father of Texas painting.” The son of Robert Onderdonk, who also was an artist, Julian was born in San Antonio and raised in South Texas. He studied in New York with American Impressionist William Merritt Chase before returning to settle in Texas, where he became renowned for his paintings of bluebonnets and other Texas wildflowers. November Morning is one of three Onderdonk paintings in the auction, each of which he painted during his time in New York working with Chase.

William Lewis Lester Shack (estimate: $10,000-15,000) captures the abstract style of the artist, who often painted with bold, vibrant colors and emphasized strong composition. Lester studied with Alexandre Hogue in Glen Rose, Texas, and with the Dallas Nine at the Dallas Art Institute. A member of the Dallas Artists League, Lester was at the forefront of local art activities, exhibiting at the Texas Centennial Exhibition in 1936, the New York World’s Fair and the Golden Gate Exhibition in 1939. He taught at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts before moving in 1942 to Austin to join the new art department at the University of Texas, ultimately becoming the chairman of the department.

Veronica Helfensteller The Farm (estimate: $10,000-15,000) is a 24-by-30-inch oil on canvas that is signed lower right by the Texas Modernist artist, who was a member of the Fort Worth Circle, a group of artists who were active in Fort Worth in the middle of the 20th century. A member of the Fort Worth School of artists and influenced by American Regionalism, European Cubism and Surrealism, she is known for painting in a realistic style, strong composition and bold contrasts of light and dark. Even after her death (in 1964), her work was exhibited in venues around Texas, including The Fort Worth School, the Dallas-based Meadows Museum, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the Dallas Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.

Other top lots include, but are not limited to:

· Dorothy Hood Genies (estimate: $8,000-12,000)

· Billy Hassell Cedar Waxwings (estimate: $8,000-12,000)

· Clara McDonald Williamson Dallas Post Office (estimate: $6,000-8,000)

· Frank Reagh Sharp’s Peak (estimate: $5,000-7,000)