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Museum of Modern Art opens six month exhibition of Edvard Munchs "The Scream" |
| October 25th, 2012 01:35:06 am |
NEW YORK (AFP).- "The Scream," Edvard Munch's eerie 1895 masterpiece which sold in May for $119.9 million, is on view for the first time since that record-breaking auction, at New York's Museum of Modern Art. A spokeswoman said the artwork has been put on display in one of MoMA's most secure areas. It is being shown along with two other Munch paintings, as well as lithographs by the Norwegian artist. "The installation is located in the fifth floor galleries for the museum's painting and sculpture collection, so it is in a location that already features considerable technology," Margaret Doyle, press officer for MoMA. "The only additional element for 'The Scream' is the addition of a Plexiglas cover for the work," she said. The work on display in New York, a crayon drawing on board, is one of four versions of "The Scream," and the only one currently not in Norway. The Munch Museum in Oslo owns a version in pastel as well as a painted version, while the National Gallery of |
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