Munch's "The Scream" sells for record $120 million

BY ULA ILNYTZKY AP NEW YORK — One of the art world's most recognizable images — Edvard Munch's "The Scream" — could sell for $80 million or more when it is auctioned at Sotheby's today. The 1895 pastel of a man holding his head and screaming under a

By AP Edvard Munch's “The Scream” could sell for $80 million or more when it is auctioned at Sotheby's on Wednesday. (Sotheby's file photo) New York— One of the art world's most recognizable images — Edvard Munch's "The Scream" — could sell for $80

ICONIC painting The Scream became the most expensive artwork ever to be sold at auction early today, fetching £74million in New York.

Edvard Munch's masterpiece “The Scream,” one of the world's most recognizable works of art, sold for $120 million at Sotheby's on Wednesday, setting a new record as the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction.

DEEPTI HAJELA, AP, ULA ILNYTSKY, Associated Press FILE – This undated photo provided by Sotheby's shows "The Scream" by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch. The work, which dates from 1895 and is one of four versions of the composition, will lead Sotheby's