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Muted By Thieves, Scream Returns at Full Volume

Restored Munch masterwork returned to museum walls 4 years after theft

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted May 23, 2008 4:45 PM CDT

(Newser) – Edvard Munch's masterpiece The Scream is hanging again in an Oslo museum today, 4 years after armed robbers stole it in broad daylight, CNN reports. The painting has been undergoing restoration since it was retrieved in 2006. It was structurally damaged, stained, scratched (exposing cardboard beneath the paint) and “considerably” dirtier, curators say, but “the artistic value … has not been reduced.”

Edvard Munch's painting The Scream on display at the Munch Museum in Oslo, Wednesday, May 21, 2008.
Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream" on display at the Munch Museum in Oslo, Wednesday, May 21, 2008.   (AP Photo)
This undated file photo provided by the Munch Museum, shows the version of Edvard Munch's Madonna, which was stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway, Sunday Aug. 22, 2004.
This undated file photo provided by the Munch Museum, shows the version of Edvard Munch's "Madonna," which was stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway, Sunday Aug. 22, 2004.   (AP Photo/ Scanpix, Munch Museum, Sidsel de Jong, File)
A visitor looks at Edvard Munch's painting The scream after it was restored, conserved  and put back on show to the public at the Munch Museum in Oslo  Friday May 23, 2008.
A visitor looks at Edvard Munch's painting "The scream" after it was restored, conserved and put back on show to the public at the Munch Museum in Oslo Friday May 23, 2008.   (AP Photo)
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