Edvard Munch

Norwegian · 1863–1944 · Painter, Printmaker

Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter. His 1893 work The Scream has become one of the iconic and acclaimed images in all of Western art. (Wikipedia)

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1,167lots offered1995–2026years recorded92%sold (1,069)$11.5kSign up free to seemedian price

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Der Kuss II - The Kiss IIKornfeld · Sep 2025CHF 3,000,000≈ $3,750,900≈ £2,775,771≈ €3,210,013Sign up to see
Das rote Haus (Det røde hus)Ketterer Kunst · Jun 2025€2,044,500≈ $2,332,979≈ £1,722,646Sign up to see
Zwei Menschen – Die Einsamen The Lonely Ones – Two Human BeingsKornfeld · Jun 2019CHF 2,200,000≈ $2,210,560≈ £1,748,307≈ €1,962,326Sign up to see

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Average price

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median $11.5kfree account

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Lots sold

1,069

of 1,166 offered · 1995–2026

Sell-through

92%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

Showing 568 of 1,064 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

3 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

1 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

5 sold lot(s) are awaiting a USD exchange rate and are excluded from averages.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	11	11	100%	$654kSign up	$667kSign up	$2.3MSign up
Oil	11	11	100%	$654kSign up	$667kSign up	$2.3MSign up
Works on paper	47	44	94%	$35.8kSign up	$11.3kSign up	$218kSign up
Watercolor	10	10	100%	$83.2kSign up	$35.3kSign up	$218kSign up
Drawing	12	12	100%	$24.6kSign up	$8.2kSign up	$79.4kSign up
Prints & multiples	1093	999	91%	$63.8kSign up	$11.3kSign up	$3.8MSign up
Etching	275	261	95%	$20.8kSign up	$9.1kSign up	$179kSign up
Engraving	12	9	75%	$460kSign up	$59kSign up	$2MSign up
Aquatint	2	1	50%	$45.4kSign up	$45.4kSign up	$45.4kSign up
Drypoint	80	71	89%	$19kSign up	$6kSign up	$218kSign up
Lithograph	593	559	94%	$66.7kSign up	$11.2kSign up	$2.2MSign up
Woodcut / linocut	75	43	57%	$263kSign up	$56.3kSign up	$3.8MSign up
Print (other)	56	55	98%	$74.7kSign up	$28.6kSign up	$368kSign up
Other	15	15	100%	$256kSign up	$17.9kSign up	$2.2MSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

Year	Offered	Sold	Median
2026	21	20	$11.1kSign up
2025	319	236	$8.3kSign up
2024	36	33	$16.1kSign up
2023	48	47	$5.9kSign up
2022	30	29	$9kSign up
2021	57	56	$10.6kSign up
2020	30	30	$14.3kSign up
2019	39	36	$15.9kSign up
2018	28	26	$10.8kSign up
2017	31	30	$13.2kSign up
2016	30	30	$11.9kSign up
2015	45	45	$17.2kSign up
2014	40	40	$8.8kSign up
2013	71	70	$32.6kSign up
2012	19	19	$14.1kSign up
2011	24	24	$11.9kSign up
2010	19	19	$18.6kSign up
2009	31	31	$24.7kSign up
2008	33	33	$17.9kSign up
2007	37	37	$75.5kSign up
2006	22	22	$14.7kSign up
2005	22	22	$22.3kSign up
2004	27	27	$7.9kSign up
2003	22	22	$4.4kSign up
2002	17	17	$6.9kSign up
2001	34	34	$6.9kSign up
2000	29	29	$6.6kSign up
1998	2	2	—Sign up
1997	1	1	—Sign up
1995	2	2	—Sign up