#1 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 04/13/2012 #4

Edvard Munch’s The Scream is seen as it is hung for display at Sotheby’s Auction Rooms in London. The picture made with pastels is one of four versions of the composition, and dates from 1895, it will be auctioned in the Impressionist and Modern Art Sale in New York, on May 2nd, with an estimated price of $80 million.

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#2 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 05/03/2012 #3

One of the art world’s most recognizable images - Edvard Munch’s The Scream - sold for a record $119,922,500 at a Sotheby auction in New York City, on May 2nd. The previous record for an artwork sold at auction was $106.5 million for Picasso’s Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust. Some of the world’s priciest art includes works by Picasso, Cezanne, and modernist Francis Bacon.

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#3 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/31/2021 #10

In 2006, Edvard Munch’s famous painting The Scream stolen from an art gallery in 2004, was recovered, in a raid by Norwegian Police. #EdvardMunch

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#4 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/12/2021 #1

In 1863, Edvard Munch was born in Adalsbruk, Norway. #EdvardMunch

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#5 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/23/2022 #3

In 1944, Edvard Munch died (aged 80). #EdvardMunch

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#6 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/12/2022 #14

In 1994, Thieves broke into the National Gallery in Oslo and stole The Scream (later recovered), one of several versions Norwegian artist Edvard Munch made of his most famous painting. #EdvardMunch

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