挪威畫家愛德華•蒙克代表作《吶喊》在紐約的蘇富比拍賣行以1.19億美元(約合7.553億元人民幣)的天價成交，創(chuàng)造了目前拍賣的最高價格紀錄。而之前的拍賣最高價格紀錄是畢加索1.06億美元的《裸體、綠葉和半身像》。 蒙克的《吶喊》是世界藝術(shù)史上公認的杰作。畫面上，扭曲變形而尖叫的人物造型，像血一樣猩紅的云彩，象征死亡的黑色，仿佛是一場精神災難，表現(xiàn)出令人眩暈的雜亂和夸張的空虛，能讓大眾產(chǎn)生情感共鳴，很多人都會有畫中人那樣“站在一座橋上想尖叫的感覺”。

Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream," one of the world's most recognizable works of art, sold for $119.9 million at Sotheby's on Wednesday, setting a new record as the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction.
The image of a man holding his head and screaming under a streaked, blood-red sky is one of four versions by the Norwegian expressionist painter. The piece auctioned at Sotheby's is the only one left in private hands. The buyer's name was not disclosed.
The previous record for an artwork sold at auction was $106.5 million for Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust," sold by Christie's in 2010.