The other three are housed in National Gallery of Norway and at the Munch Museum in the Norwegian capital, according to Sotheby's.

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In August 2004, another version of The Scream was stolen in Oslo along with Munch's The Madonna, this time from the Munch Museum.

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They had minor marks and tears and were put back on show in September 2006 at the Munch Museum - this time protected in heavy glass boxes.

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Munch painted four versions of his famous painting between 1893 and 1910, and there are two of the originals on view at the Munch Museum, one at the National Gallery of Norway and one at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

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Mr. Olsen has said he is selling it in order to fund a museum of Munch's work in Hvitsten to open next year.

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Mr. Olsen said he sold the work in order to fund a hotel and museum of Munch's work near the Norwegian fiord where the artist painted.

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Next year marks the 150th anniversary of Munch's birth, an occasion commemorated by a major joint Norwegian museum exhibition (the event has its own Twitter feed).

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