Works by Renoir, Degas, Monet and Edvard Munch and a sculpture by Modigliani were also sold.

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However, it was by these waters close to the Norwegian capital that Edvard Munch set his bestknown work, The Scream.

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In May 1994, Norwegian and British police mounted an undercover sting which uncovered the painting, unharmed, in the seaside town outside Oslo where Edvard Munch painted many of his most famous paintings.

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