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You recognize the image instantly - the hairless man, clutching his head with a pained look of fear or agony plastered across his features, silhouetted against frenzied red and blue lines of his environment.
It's 'The Scream', painted by Edvard Munch, and it sold at a Sotheby's auction last night in New York for $119.9 million, establishing it as the most valuable piece of art ever sold at auction, Margo Adler tells NPR's Newscast.
This version of The Scream is one of four made by Edvard Munch, and the only one outside Norway. It sold at Sotheby's in New York for $119.9 million.
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The Scream isn't a painting: it is pastel worked on board. And the image sold last night is actually one of four Scream versions that Munch painted; this is number three. Sotheby's says it's the best for several reasons:
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Art is a window to the soul. You recognize the image instantly - the hairless man, clutching his head with a pained look of fear or agony plastered across his features, silhouetted against frenzied red and blue lines of his environment.
It's 'The Scream', painted by Edvard Munch, and it sold at a Sotheby's auction last night in New York for $119.9 million, establishing it as the most valuable piece of art ever sold at auction, Margo Adler tells NPR's Newscast.
This version of The Scream is one of four made by Edvard Munch, and the only one outside Norway. It sold at Sotheby's in New York for $119.9 million.
Anonymous/AP
The Scream isn't a painting: it is pastel worked on board. And the image sold last night is actually one of four Scream versions that Munch painted; this is number three. Sotheby's says it's the best for several reasons:
Interpretation and clarity of the theme, to the viewer.
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Carnival of Sitges Year of realization: 2010 Technique: mixed on canvas signed in the lower right corner. Signed on the back. Measurements: 1.40m x 1m State of conservation: in good condition Artist resume: - Several individual and collective exhibitions. - Artworks in museums and honorable mentions. -Latest exhibitions in which Pilar Xercavins has exhibited 2021- Selected to participate in the first page of ART UNIVERSAL The great encyclopedia of universal art 2021
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"Art is a window to the soul"
Interpretation and clarity of the theme, to the viewer.
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Creativity, uniqueness, and originality of the depicted theme.
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Quality of artistic composition and overall design based on the theme.
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Color and tone. Balance of image within its space.
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What is the effect of the artwork in general and as a whole?
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Overall, can the entire artwork be judged as a masterpiece?
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