{"product_id":"the-scream-1893-edvard-munch-fine-art-print","title":"The Scream (1893)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"presh-product\" data-theme=\"munch-scream-1893\" data-presh-undeniable=\"1\" style=\"--accent:#9a3b1f;--accent-2:#3d5a80;--ground:#f4efe6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"lede\"\u003eLook for the line in the sky: faint pencil in the red, top left, in Munch's own hand. Below it, at sunset over the Oslofjord, a figure on the road raises its hands to its head. Edvard Munch, \u003cem\u003eThe Scream\u003c\/em\u003e, Kristiania, 1893.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"presh-block\" data-block=\"look\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow to look at it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStart with the sky: long bands of red, orange and yellow that curve like the water below them. Follow those curves down into the blue fjord and the dark hills, then along the railing as it runs away to the left, where two friends keep walking. Only then come back to the figure in front, who seems to be listening to something rather than making a sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"presh-block\" data-block=\"why\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy this one\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe sky, not the figure.\u003c\/strong\u003e Munch wrote that he was walking with two friends at sunset when the sky turned red, and he felt a great scream pass through nature. The figure is hearing it, hands raised to its head.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA real place.\u003c\/strong\u003e The view is from the road on Ekeberg hill, looking over the Oslofjord toward the city then called Kristiania.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooks fast, wasn't.\u003c\/strong\u003e Tempera and crayon on cardboard. Munch worked on the motif in sketches over a long period, but the loose handling and lack of detail make it look painted quickly and spontaneously.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA note in his own hand.\u003c\/strong\u003e Faint pencil in the red sky reads \"could only have been painted by a madman\". Infrared imaging and handwriting analysis by the National Museum and Munch Museum (2020, announced 2021) showed the writing is Munch's own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"presh-block\" data-block=\"field\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThis picture\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTempera and crayon on cardboard, 91 × 73.5 cm (35¾ × 29 in), 1893. This is the first painted version; Munch also made pastels and a lithograph of the motif. The board is in Oslo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"presh-block\" data-block=\"dossier\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"presh-dossier\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFact gap.\u003c\/strong\u003e The figure isn't the one screaming, this 1893 board is one of several versions, and the \"madman\" line in the sky is in Munch's own hand. \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/munch-the-scream-1893-scream-through-nature-madman-inscription\"\u003eSee what the record says\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"presh-block\" data-block=\"sizes\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSizes vs the original\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8×10: a small study for a desk or shelf, about a quarter of true size\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16×20: a wall piece, a little over half of true size\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20×25: our largest, about two thirds of true size and still sharp from the museum photograph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"presh-block\" data-block=\"paper\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePaper \u0026amp; ship\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArchival matte fine art paper, no bleed, 4:5 portrait proportion, a hair trimmed from the sides so the sky and the figure stay whole. Printed from the museum's photograph of the painting without remastering the color. Made to order, rolled in a tube. A black or natural oak frame both suit it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"presh-block\" data-block=\"faq\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eQuick answers\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"qa\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs the figure screaming?\u003c\/strong\u003e Munch described the scream as passing through nature. The figure, hands to its head, is hearing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"qa\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich version is this?\u003c\/strong\u003e The 1893 painting in tempera and crayon on cardboard, the first of the two painted versions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"qa\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this an original painting?\u003c\/strong\u003e No. It is an archival reproduction of the 1893 picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"qa\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs the image public domain?\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes. Munch died in 1944, so the painting is public domain. The photograph is by Børre Høstland for the National Museum of Norway, shared under CC BY 4.0. No museum endorses this shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"credit\"\u003eEdvard Munch · The Scream, 1893 · Photo: Nasjonalmuseet \/ Børre Høstland, CC BY 4.0\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Presh","offers":[{"title":"8×10 in","offer_id":49943926997147,"sku":"PRESH-PD-MUNCH-SCREAM1893-8X10","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16×20 in","offer_id":49943927029915,"sku":"PRESH-PD-MUNCH-SCREAM1893-16X20","price":118.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20×25 in","offer_id":49943927062683,"sku":"PRESH-PD-MUNCH-SCREAM1893-20X25","price":168.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/0085\/3915\/files\/Edvard_Munch_2C_1893_2C_The_Scream_2C_oil_2C_tempera_and_pastel_on_cardboard_2C_91_x_73_cm_2C_National_Gallery_of_Norway.jpg?v=1793081919","url":"https:\/\/heypresh.com\/products\/the-scream-1893-edvard-munch-fine-art-print","provider":"Presh","version":"1.0","type":"link"}