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Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' sells for record $120 million at Sotheby's

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – 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.
Edvard Munch's “The Scream'' is not, as many assume, a picture of a person mid-scream. [...]

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

Reuters

It's one of only four original versions of the 1895 painting of a man holding his head and screaming under a streaked, blood-red sky, which has become a modern symbol for human anxiety.
Edvard Munch's The Scream is one of the most recognizable pieces of artwork in the world and that fact could help the painting [...]

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

Reuters

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 [...]

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'The Scream' Is Auctioned for a Record $119.9 Million

New York Tim

DEEPTI HAJELA, AP, ULA ILNYTZKY, 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
Last year saw not one but two record-breaking art sales—Cindy Sherman's Untitled #96 ($3.89 million) [...]

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

Reuters

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
Pencil version of Edvard Munch's The Scream sell for nearly $120 m. [...]

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Munch's 'The Scream' to sell in NY; may fetch $80M

Boston.com

21:- 9:05 am NEW YORK — A New York City art auction will feature the Edvard Munch masterpiece, "The Scream."- 7:27 am Consider these fun things to do today, Feb. 20:- 9:33 am S. Dakotans in need might get direct help Howard Haeks, right,
A version of Edvard Munch's celebrated painting "The Scream'' will be up [...]

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