SurfWax News Index  |  Track News  |  Save/Exchange Information |  About Us News and Articles on Naum Gabo Plastics for posterity  May 27, 2007 The artist Naum Gabo made several cellulose acetate sculptures, renowned glass artist Ren; Lalique worked with cellulose nitrate in the 1920s, and early plastic dolls were made from cellulose nitrate. Both of these plastics degrade via an unstoppable chain reaction, which is initiated by light. (Nature News Service) Sale records broken at auction  Feb 7, 2007 The other artists were Naum Gabo (1. 25 million pounds), Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1. (Reuters.uk) 95 million pound sale of art sets European record for Sotheby's  Feb 7, 2007 Naum Gabo, "Linear Construction in Space No. 3, in red," 1,252,000 pounds ( 1,897,545 US$2,456,249) 320,500 pounds ( 485,753 US$628,776). Wilhelm Lehmbruck, "Torso der Schreitenden (Torso of a Walking Woman)," 1,140,000 pounds ( 1,727,796 US$2,237,033) __ US$1,212,500 ( 936,749). (International Herald Tribune -- Arts) Back to Art News [ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ] ©1998-2008 SurfWax, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2008