Art ScannerHow much is The Scream worth?
The Scream is not for sale: it is held by the National Museum of Norway, Oslo, so it has no market price. Another version of The Scream sold for $119.9 million at Sotheby's New York in 2012, the highest price paid for a work by Munch.
- Artist
- Edvard Munch
- Date
- 1893
- Medium
- Tempera and pastel on cardboard
- Held by
- National Museum of Norway, Oslo
About the painting
A figure clutches its face beneath a blood-red sky on a fjord-side bridge, embodying modern anxiety and dread. Munch made several versions in paint and print; this one belongs to the National Museum in Oslo. It has become a universal icon of existential distress.
More on the artist: the most expensive Munch ever sold, and where the famous ones hang.
Munch next to other famous artists
Each artist's highest documented sale, from the same research. Munch: $119.9 million for The Scream, in 2012.
Nominal US dollars as reported at the time of sale, buyer's premium included where the source includes it.
Why it has no price
The Scream is held by the National Museum of Norway, Oslo. Works in public collections are not sold, so no one can put a market price on them. Sale records of other works by the same artist are the closest guide to what it would fetch.
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Questions
How much is The Scream worth?
The Scream is not for sale: it is held by the National Museum of Norway, Oslo, so it has no market price. Another version of The Scream sold for $119.9 million at Sotheby's New York in 2012, the highest price paid for a work by Munch.
Is The Scream for sale?
No. It is held by the National Museum of Norway, Oslo. Works in public collections are not sold, so they have no market price.
What is Munch's most expensive work?
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.
Where is The Scream?
The Scream (1893, tempera and pastel on cardboard) is held by the National Museum of Norway, Oslo.
Sources
- $119.9 million, 2012: aljazeera.com
Researched October 2026 and checked against a second source. All famous painting prices
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