"The Scream" for sale

[rainmaker]

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Old news, but the auction is on Wednesday (2 May)

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Sotheby’s is honoured to announce that Edvard Munch’s masterpiece The Scream will lead its Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in New York on 2 May 2012. The iconic work is one of the most instantly recognizable images in both art history and popular culture, perhaps second only to the Mona Lisa.

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The 1895 drawing of a man holding his head and screaming under a streaked, blood-red sky is being sold by Norwegian businessman Petter Olsen, whose father was a friend and patron of Munch's.

'I have lived with this work all my life, and its power and energy have only increased with time,' Olsen said.

'Now, however, I feel the moment has come to offer the rest of the world a chance to own and appreciate this remarkable work, which is the only version of 'The Scream' not in the collection of a Norwegian museum

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[LaHutti]

Sounds like a good deal to me, 80 million bucks ....
Are you kidding me ?

 

[skiny]

80 million dollars to buy a picture that looks like it was drawn by a 7 year old.

Maybe someone has a 100 billion dollar fridge door they can tape it to.

 

[max1mike]

I'm gonna try to buy it. I just hope my payment isn't delayed by "processor issues"

 

[immortality]

That is one picture that isn't attractive, I never liked it, it's creepy looking, who in their right mind would want that hanging on their wall It would make a good Halloween decoration though

 

[raj]

I actually quite like this one, there are a few differernt "The Screams" available but this is one of my faves.

If only I had the money, its probably a decent investment as I cannot see its value going down.

Raj
bidbingo

 

[conker]

I am pretty sure this is the onlyone still held by a private collector, so thats why the value is so high. However, I am not sure how much joy can be brought from spending $80million! I wonder who will actually be bidding on it, more money then sense....

 

[immortality]

I am pretty sure this is the onlyone still held by a private collector, so thats why the value is so high. However, I am not sure how much joy can be brought from spending $80million! I wonder who will actually be bidding on it, more money then sense....

You just posted what I was thinking...more money than sense.

 

[raj]

Maybe Media Corp will buy it ??

 

[PNEFOREVER2]

Its Terry Tibbs,talk to me-sort you a tenner!

 

[Jasminebed]

Great art is not always pretty, it's about evoking emotion.

I hope a museum is the successful bidder so that many may enjoy the chance to see it.

 

[Mousey]

Nice to see there are still bargains to be had in the art collector world.

 

[swampwitch]

The painting that launched a gazillion parodies....

 

[rainmaker]

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(Apr 30)

Sale of "The Scream" could top auction record​

(Reuters) - Edvard Munch's "The Scream" could become the most expensive painting ever sold at auction on Wednesday if predictions that the work could fetch up to $150 million are to be believed.

The vibrant pastel, one of four versions by the Scandinavian artist and the only privately owned, is estimated to sell for $80 million when it goes under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York.

But London-based art expert Nicolai Frahm, of Frahm Ltd., believes the price could soar much higher.

"I think it will go to $150 million," he said in a telephone interview, which would smash the auction record of $106.5 million set by Pablo Picasso's "Nude, green leaves and bust" in 2010.

"This is the first time we have ever had such an iconic work up for sale," he added. "This painting is way more famous than the artist ever was."

Other independent art market experts have suggested a final price of around $125 million.

Sotheby's has gone to extraordinary lengths to safeguard the work. It is under 24-hour guard at its New York headquarters, where it is housed in a specially constructed mini-gallery behind a tension wire.

Two of the four Screams were stolen from museums in 1994 and 2004, but both were later recovered. Petter Olsen, whose father was a friend and neighbor of Munch's, is selling an 1895 version, planning to fund a museum with the proceeds.


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[rainmaker]

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By the way, here is a picture from 2004 when armed robbers stole another version of The Scream (and Madonna) from a Norwegian museum





(wikipedia) Another version of The Scream was stolen in 2004. On August 22, during daylight hours, masked gunmen entered the Munch Museum in Oslo and stole two paintings: Scream and Munch's Madonna.[14] A bystander photographed the robbers as they escaped with the artwork to their car (shown at right). On April 8, 2005, Norwegian police arrested a suspect in connection with the theft, but the paintings remained missing and it was rumored that they had been burned by the thieves to destroy evidence.[15][16] On June 1, 2005, with four suspects already in custody in connection with the crime, the City Government of Oslo offered a reward of 2 million Norwegian krone (roughly US$313,500 or €231,200) for information that could help locate the paintings.[17] Though the paintings remained at large, six men went on trial in early 2006, variously charged with either helping to plan or participating in the robbery. Three of the men were convicted and sentenced to between four and eight years in prison in May 2006, and two of the convicted, Bjørn Hoen and Petter Tharaldsen, were also ordered to pay compensation of 750 million kroner (roughly US$117.6 million or €86.7 million) to the City of Oslo.[18] The Munch Museum itself was closed for 10 months for a $6 million security overhaul.[citation needed]

On 31 August 2006, Norwegian police announced that a police operation had recovered both Skrik and Madonna, but did not reveal detailed circumstances of the recovery

 

[secret2]

I am not for sale!

Damn, I go away for a few days.....

 

[secret2]

That is one picture that isn't attractive, I never liked it, it's creepy looking, who in their right mind would want that hanging on their wall It would make a good Halloween decoration though