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The Scream (Edvard Munch)

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The Scream (Edvard Munch)

The most anxious painting in art history/Art & Sculpture

Edvard Munch created The Scream in 1893, and it has since become the universal symbol for existential dread and Monday mornings. The tempera and crayon composition on cardboard depicts a figure on a bridge with a swirling orange sky. Munch actually created four versions; the most famous one lives in the National Gallery in Oslo. In 2012, a pastel version sold for nearly $120 million at auction, making it one of the most expensive artworks ever sold.

Measurements

Height9.1 tenths m
5.4 thousandthsWashington Monument heights
1.1 thousandthsBurj Khalifas
7.6 hundredthsHouse widths
Width7.3 tenths m
10,500Human hairs
11.9 billionHelium atoms
Surface area6.7 tenths m^2
22 quadrillionthsAfricas
10.3Laptop screens
Age4.1 billion s
8.2 billionSneeze durations
8.5 millionShowers

Painted in 1893

Estimated mass with frame3.5 kg
1.75Chihuahuas
350 quintillionRhinovirus particles
438 millionthsYachts
Frame depth2.5 hundredths m
5.7 tenthsOreo diameters
623 sextillionthsProxima Centauri trips
1.7 thousandthsYacht lengths
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