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Who will pay $80 million (or so) for Edvard Munch's 'The Scream'?
LAT ^ | 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Business/Economy; History
KEYWORDS: edvardmunch; kennethcgriffin; thescream
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1 posted on 04/30/2012 7:17:48 PM PDT by Daffynition
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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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2 posted on 04/30/2012 7:22:37 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: Daffynition

Who wouldn’t scream?


3 posted on 04/30/2012 7:23:07 PM PDT by Past Your Eyes (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
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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.


4 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.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
" I don’t 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?)

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5 posted on 04/30/2012 7:33:39 PM PDT by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds." -- Ayn Rand)
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To: ClearCase_guy
It'll bring in some bacon.


6 posted on 04/30/2012 7:33:56 PM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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7 posted on 04/30/2012 7:35:55 PM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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8 posted on 04/30/2012 7:37:21 PM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: Daffynition

For the bacon, it’s Van Gogh!

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9 posted on 04/30/2012 7:40:50 PM PDT by Domestic Church (AMDG ...)
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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.


10 posted on 04/30/2012 7:43:09 PM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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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..."

11 posted on 04/30/2012 7:46:14 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Daffynition

I thought it was entitled “Obama Announces Re-Election Bid.”


12 posted on 04/30/2012 7:49:00 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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13 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")
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To: Daffynition; nickcarraway; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ...

Did this work disappear for years on end a couple of times? Thanks Daffynition.


14 posted on 04/30/2012 7:50:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Doh!

15 posted on 04/30/2012 7:53:31 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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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.


16 posted on 04/30/2012 7:55:57 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Domestic Church

17 posted on 04/30/2012 8:11:24 PM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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18 posted on 04/30/2012 8:11:45 PM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Cf post #16. :)


19 posted on 04/30/2012 8:14:28 PM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: xp38
Proof aliens(greys)exist...Am I right crazy hair man?


20 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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