Move over Picasso, with a pre-sale estimate of $80 million, Edvard Munch’s The Scream, became the highest-priced artwork to ever sell at auction during Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale. This version of the iconic masterpiece achieved $119,922,500 million. Painted between 1893 and 1910, the works show an agonized figure against a red sky. The National Gallery, Oslo holds one of two … Continue reading Something to Scream About
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The Scream to Hit the Auction Block
One of the most instantly recognizable images in both art history and popular culture, perhaps second only to the Mona Lisa, will his the auction block at Sotheby's in New York on May 2. The present version of The Scream dates from 1895, and is one of four versions of the composition, and the only … Continue reading The Scream to Hit the Auction Block
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