Iconic 'Scream' painting fetches a whopping $119 million at auction
It's the stuff of nightmares - and it was sold for $119,922,500 million.
Edvard Munch's impressionist masterpiece, The Scream, was put up for auction at Sotheby's in New York City this evening and was sold for a record-breaking price.
Mr Munch beat out Pablo Picasso for the most expensive artwork ever auctioned.
Norwegian businessman Petter Olsen, whose father Thomas was a friend, neighbor and patron of Mr Munch, sold the 1895 icon to fund a new museum in honor of Mr Munch's life and work.
The auction asking price started at $50 million for the work and lasted just 15 minutes before an unnamed telephone bidder gave the final offer.
The auction room at Sotheby's exploded in applause.
'I have lived with this work all of my life, and its power and energy have only increased with time,' owner Petter Olsen said of The Scream.
'Now however, I feel the moment has come to offer the rest of the world a chance to own and appreciate this remarkable work.'
........Edvard Munch is very famous in his artwork. This particular painting relates to my first quote by Susan Griffin. You can clearly see the story behind this painting. Edvard painted himself walking with two friends at sunset. But he stopped because the world around him changed. This painting shows how truely crazy Edvard was...............
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