The Munch Museum/The Munch-Ellingsen Group/Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. This version of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream,” dated 1895, will be up for sale at Sothebys in May
"It has adorned everything from mugs and t-shirts to key chains, anti-George Bush campaign buttons, inflatable dolls and iPad covers. Now a version of Edvard Munch’s celebrated painting “The Scream’’ will be up for sale at Sotheby’s in New York on May 2nd, the auction house announced on Tuesday morning. Officials there estimate it could bring more than $80 million." -- Carol Vogel for the NY Times (2/21/2012)