Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” was auctioned at Sotheby’s yesterday in New York.
The painting is one of four versions created by Munch.
The other three are in Norwegian museums. The one at the Sotheby’s auction was the only one left in private hands and was sold by Norwegian businessman Petter Olsen, whose father was a friend and patron of the artist.
The hammer price was $107 Million with the buyers premium is $119,922, 500.
Clouds of colour, women in windows, Edvard Munch, sinuous sculpture and aliens in virtual reality.
I’ve seen a lot of Edvard Munch lately: in Oslo’s new 13-floor ‘Munch’ and even newer National Museum (both of which have versions of ‘The Scream’ and plenty else) and at the Courtauld in London. ‘Masterpieces from Bergen’ (to 3 Sept) has a comparatively modest but high standard 18 canvasses.
Edward Munch, very much a painter, is easily Norway’s most famous artist, and a new 13-floor building – ‘Munch’ as it is styled – was recently opened in his honour. Walking around Oslo, though, it would be easy to think that sculpture is the national preference: statues dot the streets and I visited four sculpture parks. For example:
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