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New York (CNN) — A pastel version of “The Scream” by Edvard Munch
fetched nearly $120 million from an anonymous buyer Wednesday at Sotheby’s in New York, setting a new world record for a work of art sold at auction. Experts had expected the masterpiece to break new ground at the famed New York auction house; its presale estimate of at least $80 million was the highest ever listed at Sotheby’s. It sold for $119,922,500, which includes the premium paid to Sotheby’s. Previously, the most expensive artwork ever sold there was Pablo Picasso’s painting “Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust,” which brought in $106.5 million two years ago. The previous record for a Munch work of art was just over $38 million. The version of “The Scream” on the block Wednesday was one of four — two pastels and two paintings — executed between 1893 and 1910 and is one of the best-known images in modern art. It’s also the only version a private collector can get their hands on at public auction.
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Take a day trip to somewhere you have never gone before. Take a pottery class. Go to the mall and watch people. Go to the art museum at your local university. See a play. Go to the zoo. Pretty much, you take yourself out of the mundane everyday and do something different. Your inspiration will come back. I am a sculptor and painter. When I loose the urge and drive to finish a piece, I put it down and do something else. Eventually I will come back to it when the urge hits me again. If you force it, it isn’t fun or a hobby, it becomes work-eeek!