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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Munch's Girls On The Bridge Portrait Sells For $54M

A work by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch fetched over $54 million at Sotheby's auction of impressionist and modern art on Monday.



Girls on the Bridge, a seminal work from 1902, depicts a cluster of girls huddled on a bridge in a country village. It sold in 1996 for $7.7 million and again in 2008 for $30.8 million, each time setting a record for the artist.

In 2012, Munch's work The Scream, one of the most iconic images in art history, sold for $119.9 million at Sotheby's. It became the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction, a record that has been broken four times since.
from associated press via cbc.ca.




33 comments:

  1. 54mil WTH? It's definitely made of gold.

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  2. 54 million dollapo!!
    54m * 400 = 2.16billion naira
    Na wa...how much be real bridge

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    1. that surprised moment when the pastor says
      "those who want their business to grow better and
      bigger please come forward I want to pray for you", and the owner of a mortuary stand up.


      oh witchcraft is real


      Thunder fire poverty
      Mc pinky

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  3. I have to click on the pics to view it well.is the man taking a picture part of the artwork? Is there something I need to understand about this artwork? am really curious oooo

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  4. Only billionaires can understand the beauty behind art and fully appreciate it at such a price.

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  5. This is for arts lovers, i'm an amebo lover so next!!

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  6. Wow!!! May the Lord bless and favour the works of our hands.

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  7. And my brother has turned our garage into studio still one naira, I never see

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    1. Lmao...keep encouraging him..his hustle will definitely pay by God grace..

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  8. Some rich white folks just looking for a reason to spend money

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    1. gbam, datz just it or except it has some alien inceptions at the back *to much agents of shield*

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  9. 54million US dollars for a painting, all I need for my life to be turned around is just 1million dollars

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  10. When you don't know what to do with money again

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  11. This will look good on my sitting room #WishfulThinking

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    1. *in my sitting room, thank me not


      ... Jesus is my worth!

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  12. wow dats a nice piece..cant afford it sha.

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  13. Alas...i can comment with my id.Can i have a warm welcome bvs?

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  14. Art is the most overpriced and overrated commodity. I hate art works cause they make me wanna puke! What is in this one now that gave it the 54mili price tag?


    SDK'S GOT A NEW FAN!!!

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    1. Only deep thinkers understand and appreciate the beauty of art.

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  15. For those who do not understand the reason behind such payment for a piece. Every masterpiece painting in a long number of years most especially if it was done in an era (renaissance, impressionist, dadaism et al) has a greater value. Provided it's the real piece. It's synonymous to selling a life long family heirloom and getting a fortune for it. The beauty behind the craziness of art collection is that it's value appreciate double or if not triple it's auctioned price(hence making more fortune) . Things noted for buying is the period/era, the painter, how real the painting is et al . Billionaire have a reason for buying it. They make more from it. It's an investment. Moreover Google art movement and visual artist for each era. Likes of Michel Angelo, Pabolo Piccaso, Leonardo da vinci, Vincent Van Goh et al and the current worth of their paintings. Also don't forget to check contemporary African artwork too.

    Buying a painting is same as investing in lands and properties ;it appreciates.

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