Several million dollars for this painting might seem like a lot, but not if you remember the artist's prestige and think, "But, Munch."

Mirrorz: I thought it was stolen a few years ago?
I assume it was recovered unless the thieves are the ones selling it...

Read the article. The artist made multiple versions of it.

Mirrorz: I thought it was stolen a few years ago?
I assume it was recovered unless the thieves are the ones selling it...

As TFA points out, there are several versions. MOMA had an exhibit of all of them a few years back. I think there were something like 15.

I am to interpret from this headline that Subby doesn't want this painting to go up for auction?

fzumrk: Mirrorz: I thought it was stolen a few years ago?
I assume it was recovered unless the thieves are the ones selling it...

Read the article. The artist made multiple versions of it.

Truly, he was the George Lucas of his time.

A Sotheby's spokesperson has suggested the artwork's price tag could exceed $80m (£50m)

Tipping money.

One of my favorite paintings. I'd buy it.

A segment from a Gary Larson book:



The Whine

Artist: Edward Munch? 18 x 28,
oil on canvas 1891
Once again, we have here a work
in which the creator's identity
technically remains a mystery, but
whose disturbing, provocative use
of the wiener dog practically
screams, "Edvard, you veirdo you!"

This painting, along with a handful
of other works by various artists,
was stolen several years ago from
one of New York's pretty good
art museums. The brazen theft was
a devatating blow to the art
community. Interestingly enough,
however, the very next day this
particular painting was returned,
found leaning against one of the
museum's outside walls. According
to the museum's curator at the
time, the loss of all the works was
an extreme offense, "but the return
of 'The Whine' was absolutely the
last straw."

Damn, I should have been a world famous artist. Also, priceless painting from the 1800s? I could do like 20 bucks.

First thing I thought of: Nooooooooooo...

Very Noooooo

My office is moving to a new building in March- I just sent a note to my boss asking i I could put in a bid...

Rufus Lee King: [www.atbreak.com image 495x698]

I'd pay good money for that painting and be proud to hang it in the man cave next to Poker Dogs, Sitting Duck, and Kramer.

Approves



"It's like this dream I had when I was a kid: first day of school, wandering around the halls, looking for the right classroom. People are staring at me, and this girl I had a crush on - Helen Rosenbaum - she's laughing and pointing at me, and I realized I didn't get dressed. I'm buck naked. All I have on is my shoes and socks."

I'm with the Philistines on this one. One of the most overrated "masterpieces" ever. Poorly composed, crudely painted, ugly, and an absolute farking cheez-fest.

"50 million? Now THAT'S walking around money!"

Cyberluddite: FTFA: A print of Edvard Munch's Madonna sold for £1.25m in 2010
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Looks more like a young Cher than Madonna.

gopher321: Would be funny if someone swapped out the portrait with a screenshot of Darth Vader at the auction.

Came in here for this

Cyberluddite: That's one really hot-looking Mary. If she really looked like that, I'll bet Joseph was really pissed that God was tapping that, but he couldn't.

WTF is with the creepy little alien baby ogling the bewbs?

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Cyberluddite: FTFA: A print of Edvard Munch's Madonna sold for £1.25m in 2010
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That's one really hot-looking Mary. If she really looked like that, I'll bet Joseph was really pissed that God was tapping that, but he couldn't.

I thought Madonna looked more like



/Hot, like the Mother of God

FTFA: "I have lived with this work all my life, and its power and energy have only increased with time," Mr Olsen said.

"Now however, I feel the moment has come to offer the rest of the world a chance to own and appreciate this remarkable work, which is the only version of The Scream not in the collection of a Norwegian museum."

Translation: I need the money.

Jennaratrix: FTFA: "I have lived with this work all my life, and its power and energy have only increased with time," Mr Olsen said.

"Now however, I feel the moment has come to offer the rest of the world a chance to own and appreciate this remarkable work, which is the only version of The Scream not in the collection of a Norwegian museum."

Translation: I need the money.

Or he was jealous of Daddy's patronage of Munch and hated Munch's stuff around house as a child.

Mirrorz: fzumrk: Read the article.

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: As TFA points out,

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I think it looks like a crappy crayon drawing, but whatever.

lumiere: 80 million bucks? For $5.99 you can buy 12 and you get the pleasure of watching them melt away in the poison of your choice...

Neat as hell. Gonna get me a couple of those.

fzumrk: Mirrorz: I thought it was stolen a few years ago?
I assume it was recovered unless the thieves are the ones selling it...

Read the article. The artist made multiple versions of it.

Wait, how the, I don't even... this isn't an original piece!