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IMAGE: Edvard Munch's painting 'The Scream' is displayed in the Munch Museum in Oslo PHOTOGRAPHS: Reuters Edvard Munch's iconic painting '_The Scream_',

considered one of the most recognisable in art world, was sold for over $119 million (Rs 630 crore), creating a new record for the highest price ever paid for a work of art at any auction.

The auction house did not release the name or any other details of the buyer. The bidder was participating in the auction through phone. _REDIFF.COM_ LOOKS AT SOME OF THE WORLD'S

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Picasso, Spain PAINTING: _Nude, Green Leaves and Bust_ PRICE: $106.5 million (Rs 564.4 crore) CLICK NEXT TO SEE MORE PAINTINGS... IN PICS: THE MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS IN THE WORLD! IMAGE:

Guards stand near Pablo Picasso's painting PHOTOGRAPHS: Lee Celano/Reuters PAINTER: Pablo Picasso, Spain PAINTING: _Femme assise dans un fauteuil _(Woman sitting in a chair) PRICE:

$29.2 million (Rs 152 crore) CLICK NEXT TO SEE MORE PAINTINGS... IN PICS: THE MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS IN THE WORLD! IMAGE: The Printemps necrophilique displayed at an exhibition (inset)

Salvador Dali PHOTOGRAPHS: Courtesy: vg.no PAINTER: Salvador Dali PAINTING: Printemps necrophilique (Spring necrophilic) PRICE: $16.3 million (Rs 84.76 crore) CLICK NEXT TO SEE MORE

PAINTINGS... IN PICS: THE MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS IN THE WORLD! IMAGE: A worker stands beside Joan Miro PHOTOGRAPHS: Lee Celano/Reuters PAINTER: Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain PAINTING: Tete

humaine (Human head) PRICE: $14.86 million (Rs 77.2 crore) CLICK NEXT TO SEE MORE PAINTINGS... IN PICS: THE MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS IN THE WORLD! IMAGE: Leonora in the Morning Light

PHOTOGRAPHS: Courtesy: artinfo.com PAINTER: Max Ernst, Germany PAINTING: Leonora in the Morning Light PRICE: $7.9 million (Rs 41 crore) CLICK NEXT TO SEE MORE PAINTINGS... IN PICS: THE MOST

EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS IN THE WORLD! IMAGE: Cabane Sous les Arbres PHOTOGRAPHS: Courtesy: paul-gauguin.net PAINTER: PAUL GAUGUIN PAINTING: Cabane Sous les Arbres (Cabin Under the Trees) PRICE:

$8.4 million (Rs 43.6 crore) CLICK NEXT TO SEE MORE PAINTINGS... IN PICS: THE MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS IN THE WORLD! IMAGE: Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's PHOTOGRAPHS: Courtesy: nordonart

PAINTER: Chaim Soutine, Belarus PAINTING: Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's (The Hunter at Maxim's) PRICE: $9.3 million (Rs 48.4 crore) CLICK NEXT TO SEE MORE PAINTINGS... IN PICS: THE

MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS IN THE WORLD! IMAGE: No. 5, 1948 PHOTOGRAPHS: Courtesy: artfortune.com PAINTER: Jackson Pollock, United States PAINTING: No. 5, 1948 PRICE: $140 million (Rs 730

crore) CLICK NEXT TO SEE MORE PAINTINGS... IN PICS: THE MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS IN THE WORLD! IMAGE: A visitor looks at Francis Bacon's Triptych PHOTOGRAPHS: Alessia

Pierdomenico/Reuters PAINTER: Francis Bacon, Dublin, Ireland PAINTING: Triptych, 1976 PRICE: $86 million (Rs 447 crore) CLICK NEXT TO SEE MORE PAINTINGS... IN PICS: THE MOST EXPENSIVE

PAINTINGS IN THE WORLD! IMAGE: A man walks past Le Bassin aux Nympheas during a preview of Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art auction in New York PHOTOGRAPHS: Lucas

Jackson/Reuters PAINTER: Claude Monet, France PAINTING: Le Bassin aux Nympheas (The water lily pond) PRICE: $80 million (Rs 416 crore) CLICK NEXT TO SEE MORE PAINTINGS... IN PICS: THE MOST

EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS IN THE WORLD! IMAGE: A copy of Leonardo Da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa painting from Madrid's El Prado Museum is pictured at the Louvre museum in Paris

PHOTOGRAPHS: Charles Platiau/Reuters PAINTING: Mona Lisa PAINTER: Leonardo da Vinci, Italy PRICE: Approximately $720 million (Rs 3,744 crore) TOP PHOTO FEATURES OF THE WEEK