"PUT DOWN THE MUNCH PAINTING NOW, SIR! I MEAN IT! I'LL SHOOT!"
Posted on 08/22/2004 11:05:14 AM PDT by Cinnamon Girl
I wonder how they intend to sell them? Probably not, possibly ransom them.
Cue the surfacing of 5 very authentic looking copies... Each sold at secret auction as if they were the originals... By seemingly different people, all linked to the same group.
And years from now the original surfaces, and they auction that off...
Making 6 times what they would have otherwise...
Unarmed guards? Why bother? I could never understand why someone would hire an unarmed guard.
Interesting... stealing Munsch's painting is a regularly scheduled event.
"Munch, Norway's best-known artist, died in 1944, aged 81."
Sad... that he is Norway's best-known artist.
I was thinking the same thing.
Isn't it scary that some people actually believed in and supported Howard Dean for President? What would it be like to have a fruitcake nut like that in control of our military and economy? Disaster.
There is a black market among art collectors - it's not unusual for an art patron to buy the stolen artwork and keep it tucked away somewhere. Fancy-pants art collectors can be odd in that way.
They had a special exhibit on "The Scream," showing earlier drawings and works leading up to it. A part of the exhibit was derivative works, ads, political cartoons, etc. using the imagery of "The Scream" - one I had not considered before was McCauly Caulkin's (sp?) scream in the ad for the first "Home Alone" movie.
The rest of the museum had a lot of works from other periods in Munch's life. His moods seemed to go up and down. Some works were morbid and others more hopeful. He spent a lot of time out of Norway, but returned and was living in Norway when the Nazi occupation started. He openly opposed the Nazis and some of his last works reflect that.
I also once stayed in a hotel in Oslo that used Munch's works as a theme. Yes, I stayed on "The Scream" floor.
Oh, and while at the museum, I had to pick up an inflatable "Scream" for my daughter. She loved it.
What a sick world we live in when someone would actually bother to steal such junk. LOL
Easy. The owners are liberals.
We have a 4' blow up doll of the screaming person in our office at school. My Norwegian classmate/officemate brought in the doll as a stress reliever. Apparently there is a big market for 'Scream' merchandise over there.
Maybe the museum would like to borrow the doll until they get the painting back? : )
Det John Munch, from "Law & Order"..would be annoyed..
If a painting is stolen from a Norwegian museum and no one gives a d*mn, is it "The Scream"?
Anybody check Sandy Burgers socks?
The degree to which something is valued is reflected in the lengths to which one will go to guard it.
"PUT DOWN THE MUNCH PAINTING NOW, SIR! I MEAN IT! I'LL SHOOT!"
In Norway, I think only cops can carry loaded squirt guns and if you want a gun charm on your keychain you need a special license.
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