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The most expensive Munch ever sold

The most expensive Munch ever sold is The Scream: $119.9 million at Sotheby's New York in 2012. That is a different version from the one in a public collection. Famous works such as The Dance of Life are in public collections, so they are not for sale and have no price.

Lived
1863–1944
From
Norwegian
Movement
Symbolism · Expressionism
Worked in
Kristiania (Oslo) · Berlin · Paris
Portrait of Edvard Munch
Munch's record$120MThe Scream · 2012

Munch's famous works and their prices

“Not for sale” means a public collection holds the work. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.

Munch next to other artists

Each artist's highest documented sale, from the same research.

  1. Klimt$236MPortrait of Elisabeth Lederer · 2025
  2. Rembrandt$199MThe Standard Bearer · 2022
  3. Seurat$149MLes Poseuses, Ensemble · 2022
  4. Cézanne$138MLa Montagne Sainte-Victoire · 2022
  5. Munch$120MThe Scream · 2012
  6. Van Gogh$117MVerger avec cyprès (Orchard with Cypresses) · 2022
  7. Monet$111MMeules (Haystacks) · 2019
  8. Gauguin$106MMaternité II · 2022
  9. Botticelli$92.2MPortrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel · 2021

Bars are to scale within this list. Source for Munch's record: aljazeera.com.

About Edvard Munch

Norwegian painter and printmaker who placed love, jealousy, illness and dread at the centre of modern art. From 1893 he gathered his major canvases into "The Frieze of Life", a cycle including "Madonna" and "The Dance of Life" that was shown complete at the Berlin Secession in 1902. "The Scream", which he made as two paintings and two pastels between 1893 and 1910, is one of the most widely recognised images in Western art. After a breakdown and treatment in 1908 his colour brightened and his subjects grew calmer, and he worked in Norway until his death in 1944.

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Questions

What is the most expensive Munch ever sold?

The Scream, which sold for $119.9 million at Sotheby's New York in 2012. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.

How much is a Munch painting worth?

It depends on the work. The highest documented sale is $119.9 million for The Scream. Works in public collections are not for sale.

Where can I see Munch's paintings?

Among the works here: the National Museum of Norway, Oslo.

Who was Edvard Munch?

Edvard Munch (1863–1944). Norwegian painter and printmaker who placed love, jealousy, illness and dread at the centre of modern art. From 1893 he gathered his major canvases into "The Frieze of Life", a cycle including "Madonna" and "The Dance of Life" that was shown complete at the Berlin Secession in 1902. "The Scream", which he made as two paintings and two pastels between 1893 and 1910, is one of the most widely recognised images in Western art. After a breakdown and treatment in 1908 his colour brightened and his subjects grew calmer, and he worked in Norway until his death in 1944.

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