The artists are among those whose work has been bought for public collections.
Works by Paul Henry and Magdalene Odundo were among the 71% of lots selling above their low estimate at Sotheby's 'Modern British & Irish Art Evening Auction' on October 14 in London. The sale totaled $11.77m (GBP8.9m), meeting the pre-sale estimate.
Barbara Hepworth, Small Form (Amulet) (1960), sold for $1.02m (GBP768,000), more than the low estimate at Sotheby's in London on October 14.
Bassi continued to paint while serving five years in prison for shooting her son-in-law dead.
Atlanta and Texas's art scenes are burgeoning and new kid on the block in Austin is Ostillo Art Foundation, a non-profit backed by the local real estate developer and collector René Campos.
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