Following the news of this pastel version of “The Scream” by Edvard Munch sold recently by $120 Million, check out this nice promo of the auction by Sotheby’s.
“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.”
With this auction, the Scream takes the place 8th place of the most expensive paintings ever sold, inflation adjusted:
