Munch's Scream stolen

[Cyberus]

But how could they possibly sell it?
Some collector is gonna have to squirrel it away...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3588282.stm

[Karlos]

On reading the title (despite knowing the artwork) I couldn't help picturing one of those cartoon gags where someone hurts themselves whilst trying to be quiet and screams into a paper bag before opening it later. Just imagined someone making off with the bag...

Surreal :-)

[cecilia]

i thought this was stolen years ago, then read this:

Munch painted several versions of his famous 1893 work.     The National Gallery version - considered to be the most significant one - was stolen in 1994 as the Winter Olympic Games began in Lillehammer, Norway.
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The painting was recovered undamaged in a hotel about 65km (40 miles) south of Oslo in May 1994.

Ah! so this one was another thieft!

these crimes are hard to keep up with!

what's with the obsession??

[X-ray]

@ Cyberus

Most of these thefts involve insurance, so what will probably happen is the folks at the Munch museum will get a call to 'negotiate' the safe return of the work. Some money will be paid and the painting will be 'found' in a little bed & breakfast or a hotel a few days later, to much fanfare and applause at the adeptness of the authorities