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The story
Munch wrote that he was walking at sunset when the sky turned blood red and he felt an infinite scream passing through nature. Then he painted the feeling instead of the sky, which is the whole innovation.
It is a hard piece to live with in a bedroom and a great piece to live with in a kitchen, a stairwell, or anywhere you pass quickly. It works as a punchline and then keeps working after the punchline wears off.
Go bigger than feels reasonable. Half-size reproductions turn it into a fridge magnet.
What it pairs with
A dark hallway, a red wall, or a very serious office you want to undercut.
Buying notes
- Matte over glossy, always. Glossy reproductions fight every light source in a real room.
- Go one size larger than feels sensible. Undersized art is the most common mistake there is.
- Hang the centre of the piece at 57 inches from the floor. Non-negotiable.
- A three-inch mat costs about eighteen dollars and does more than a two-hundred-dollar print.
