NEW YORK - The dog days of summer aren't considered the peak season for selling art, but they have not kept Ro Gallery from assembling a noteworthy list of works for their Summer Sale of Modern and Contemporary Art on July 23. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding for the 330-lot auction.

A 1999 bronze sculpture by Kenny Scharf titled Yinyang Noselock is the signature piece in the sale. The American artist's take on the classic Taoist Taijitu symbol measures 23 1/4 inches by 24 inches by 12 3/4 inches. It is estimated at $40,000-$50,000.

"It's the best (in the auction) by far," said Jaime Villamarin, assistant director of Ro Gallery.

Villamarin expects a serigraph titled American Boy by Chaz Guest to do well.

"He's an up and coming African-American artist. He lives and works in L.A. We've had several of his pieces and sold them all," said Villamarin.

The image is of a stoic, black boy holding a stalk of cotton bolls at harvest time. The signed and numbered (5/10) print is 33 by 22 inches and has a $2,500-$3,000 estimate.

In the same price range is a 1986 lithograph titled The Entertainer by Robert Longo (American 1953- ).

"He's one of our hottest artists - very contemporary, very hip," said Villamarin.

The auction will also feature two Picasso lithographs and a Savador Dali lithograph with collage titled Anti-Umbrella With Atomized Liquid.

The auction will begin at 1 p.m. Eastern on July 23. For details call Ro Gallery at 800-888-1063.

View the fully illustrated catalogs and sign up to bid absentee or live via the Internet during the sale at www.LiveAuctioneers.com.