Edvard Munch's 'Scream' headed for auction at Sotheby's

[Lars77]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2012/02/edvard-munch-scream-auction-sothebys-new-york.html

A version of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" will go on sale at a Sotheby's auction in New York and is expected to rake in $80 million or more. The sale, which was announced this week and is scheduled for May, will feature a version of the famous image created by the Norwegian artist in 1895.

"The Scream" is being sold by Petter Olsen, a member of a prominent Norwegian shipping dynasty. The artwork is the only version of "The Scream" that still resides in private hands, according to reports. Two versions of the work belong to the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway, while another is at the National Museum, also in Oslo.

Olsen's father was a friend and patron of the artist. The Sotheby's sale is scheduled for May 2 and will be part of a larger auction of Impressionist and modern art.

[Liberal Veteran]

1. Cool. I always wanted it. Now is my chance.

Can I borrow 80 million?

[Lars77]

2. You might need more than that

There are already calls for the Norwegian government to to buy it so all four versions remain in Norway.

[salin]

3. I have seen the one at the National Museum

in Oslo. Didn't know there were several 'versions'.

[IDemo]

4. Here's mine -

[WorseBeforeBetter]

5. "Edvard Munch: Symbolism in Print" in Raleigh, NC...

from September 23, 2012 through February 10, 2013.

"The great Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863–1944) created some of the most visually arresting and psychologically powerful images in the history of art. Best known in popular culture for his painting The Scream, Munch explored through paintings and prints the turbulent emotional landscapes of modern life and the anguished silence of the individual. Munch was also an experimental printmaker of astonishing daring and virtuosity. Far from being secondary to his paintings, Munch’s graphic works are among his most forceful images. This exhibition, drawn from the encyclopedic collections of the Museum of Modern Art, examines the major themes in Munch’s art as expressed in graphic media, principally lithographs and woodcuts. After a century the prints have lost none of their raw power to move us. They provoke questions—about life, death, love, sex, what it means to be human—questions that can never be answered but are still worth asking."



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