At an auction put up one of the most valuable paintings by Munch
 

Christie's auction exhibited painting by Edvard Munch "Fertility", one of the most valuable works by the artist remaining in private collections, according to ArtDaily. Lot estimated at 25-35 million dollars, the auction will be held May 4 in New York.

The picture was painted by Norwegian artist in the late 1890's, in 1902 it was acquired by Dr. Max Linde, who helped Munch gain success in Germany. Since 1918 "Fertility" was in the Scandinavian private collections and regularly lent to exhibitions owners.

Supposedly, the woman depicted in the painting - is Tully Larsen, the daughter of a wealthy wine merchant from Oslo, and the bride Munch. Relationships girls and artist were broken off in 1902: when Munk announced a desire to leave, Larsen tried to kill himself, and the artist, taking her weapon, accidentally shot himself through the finger.

The last picture of Munch's early, put up for auction, was the work of "Vampire", in November 2008 it was sold for a record 38.1 million dollars.

http://lenta.ru/news/2010/04/08/munch/

"Vampire" was a cool, eerie, with animal energy. "Fertility" can not accept such a charge. In general, with such epithets would have been more careful.

Granted, horror and energy in the "Vampire" (as in "Scream") is much more
I think the author meant epithet history paintings (including)