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Museum of Modern Art to display Edvard Munch The Scream

The Museum of Modern Art is to display Edvard Munch’s The Scream on October 24, 2012–April 29, 2013.

Edvard Munch’s iconic The Scream (1895), among the most celebrated and recognized images in art history, will go on view at The Museum of Modern Art for a period of six months beginning October 24. Of the four versions of The Scream made by Munch between 1893 and 1910, this pastel-on-board from 1895 is the only one remaining in private hands. The three other versions are in the collections of museums in Norway.

The Scream is being lent by a private collector

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