Sotheby's sells a "cry" for $ 80 million

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It is said that this work was originally called "The Cry of nature."
Munch himself in 1892, described the feeling that arose at that time , so:

« I was walking along a path with two friends - the sun was setting - suddenly the sky turned blood red , I paused , feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence - I looked at the blood and flames on blue- black fjord and the city - my friends walked on, and I stood there , trembling with emotion , feeling infinite scream piercing nature . »

It is known that at the end of 1883 the skies over Europe during sunset colored red because of the effects of emission of ash during the eruption of Krakatoa in Indonesia.