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The Scream, 1895. Lithograph in black ink on cream card.

Lithograph in black ink on cream card · Image: 35.5 × 25.3 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Post-Impressionism

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Museum title: The Scream
Artist: Edvard Munch Norwegian, 1863-1944
Date: 1895
Medium: Lithograph in black ink on cream card
Dimensions: Image: 35.5 × 25.3 cm (14 × 10 in.); Sheet: 51 × 38.5 cm (20 1/8 × 15 3/16 in.)
Credit line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1863–1944

Post-Impressionism c. 1886–1905

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.