Munch's 'Vampire' could fetch $35 million at auction

Munch's 'Vampire' could fetch $35 million at auction

12:00 AM CDT on Friday, September 26, 2008

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Munch's 'Vampire' could fetch $35 million

NEW YORK – Edvard Munch's Vampire, a dark, brooding painting of a woman with cascading red hair kissing a man's neck, may set a record for the Norwegian artist when it goes on the auction block this fall.

The 1894 work, which has been in private hands for more than 70 years, is expected to bring $35 million at Sotheby's on Nov. 3. In May, Munch's Girls on the Bridge sold for $30.8 million, setting a record for the artist.

The Vampire painting, also known as Love and Pain, caused a stir when it was first exhibited in Berlin in 1902. It was part of a 20-work project called Frieze of Life that explored themes of love, betrayal, death and sex and included his masterpiece, The Scream.

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