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Who will pay $80 million (or so) for Edvard Munch's 'The Scream'?
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| April 30, 2012
| Christopher Knight
Posted on 04/30/2012 7:17:44 PM PDT by Daffynition
Edvard Munch's 1895 pastel "The Scream" hits the auction block in New York on Wednesday. No official estimate for its monetary value is printed in Sotheby's catalog, but officials have not been shy about disclosing that they expect at least $80 million for the picture, still in the original frame annotated by the artist. When one of the world's most recognizable images is paired with the highest price any auction house has ever tagged on a work of art, the temptation for snark is nearly irresistible.
As in: $80 million? No wonder the guy's screaming.
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Business/Economy; History
KEYWORDS: edvardmunch; kennethcgriffin; thescream
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To: Daffynition
All art is the same...talent is talent! Yet it seems that one out of the three doesn't qualify.
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posted on
04/30/2012 7:22:37 PM PDT
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
04/30/2012 7:23:07 PM PDT
by
Past Your Eyes
(You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
To: Daffynition
I’m not a huge fan of “modern” art, but this is iconic and really sums up the century that had not yet started when this was created. I don’t think $80M is out of line.
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posted on
04/30/2012 7:23:33 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Like Emmett Till, Trayvon Martin has become simply a stick with which to beat Whites.)
To: ClearCase_guy
" I dont think $80M is out of line."Munch created four "Screams" using different media including crayon and pastel (chalk?) and platforms including cardboard. One of them was a commissioned duplicate (triplicate? quadruplet?)
yitbos
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posted on
04/30/2012 7:33:39 PM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds." -- Ayn Rand)
To: ClearCase_guy
It'll bring in some bacon.
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posted on
04/30/2012 7:33:56 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
To: Past Your Eyes
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posted on
04/30/2012 7:35:55 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
To: bruinbirdman
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posted on
04/30/2012 7:37:21 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
To: Daffynition
To: gorush
In a page in his diary headed Nice 22.01.1892, Munch described his inspiration for the image thus:
I was walking along a path with two friends the sun was setting suddenly the sky turned blood red I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city my friends walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxiety and I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature.
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posted on
04/30/2012 7:43:09 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
To: ClearCase_guy
There are a bunch of billionaires floating around for whom 80 million would be a small price to keep their whores happy. For an iconic work of art? Instant specialness? Bargain at twice the price.
"Whatever the market will bear..."
To: Daffynition
I thought it was entitled “Obama Announces Re-Election Bid.”
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posted on
04/30/2012 7:50:19 PM PDT
by
deks
("...the battle of our time is the battle of liberty against the overreach of the federal government")
To: Daffynition; nickcarraway; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ...
Did this work disappear for years on end a couple of times? Thanks Daffynition.
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04/30/2012 7:50:19 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
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04/30/2012 7:53:31 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Daffynition
This is a non painted version and there are several versions....according to wiki. The Scream (Norwegian: Skrik) is a series of Expressionist paintings and prints created by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch between 1893 and 1910, showing an agonized figure against a red sky. The landscape in the background is the Oslofjord, viewed from Ekeberg, Oslo. Edvard Munch created several versions of The Scream in various media. The National Gallery, Oslo holds one of two painted versions (1893, shown). The Munch Museum holds the other painted version (1910, see gallery) and one pastel. A fourth version (1895), in pastel, is owned by Norwegian businessman Petter Olsen, and will be offered at auction on May 2, 2012.[1] Experts estimate that the painting could sell for as much as $80 million. Munch also created a lithograph of the image in 1895.[2] The Scream has been the target of several high-profile art thefts. In 1994, the version in the National Gallery was stolen. It was recovered several months later. In 2004, The Scream and Madonna were stolen from the Munch Museum, and recovered two years later.
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posted on
04/30/2012 7:55:57 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: Domestic Church
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posted on
04/30/2012 8:11:24 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
To: Domestic Church
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posted on
04/30/2012 8:11:45 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/30/2012 8:14:28 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
To: xp38
Proof aliens(greys)exist...Am I right crazy hair man?
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posted on
04/30/2012 8:18:17 PM PDT
by
BreezyDog
(PLAN A: A Peaceful Restoration of the Republic.....PLAN B: A Restoration of the Republic)
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