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In 1904, a Danish critic took a close look at Edvard Munch’s The Scream and noticed something startling: faint handwriting in the far corner of the canvas that reads, “Can only have been painted by a madman.” Since then, the origins of the inscription baffled curators, some of whom assumed it was graffiti by a spectator or a jab at the famously anguished artist.
But a new analysis of the painting by Norway’s National Museum has revealed the words were added by Munch himself.
Edvard Munch Authored Mysterious Writing on ‘The Scream’ – ARTnews.com!
But a new analysis of the painting by Norway’s National Museum has revealed the words were added by Munch himself.
Edvard Munch Authored Mysterious Writing on ‘The Scream’ – ARTnews.com!