MoMA to Display Munch's "Scream"
- September 17, 2012 23:06
A version of Edvard Munch's "The Scream"---the most expnseive artwork ever sold---will go on display at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
Museum security will be on a high alert while exhibiting for the record-setting artwork, bought at Sotheby's in May 2012 for nearly $120 million.
The mystery buyer will loan the iconic modern masterpiece to MoMA for 6 months, starting Oct., 24, according to the New York Times.
A pastel, this last "Scream" left in private hands is the only one of the series on view in the United States.
