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Title	The Scream of Nature (Der Schrei der Natur)
Artist	Edvard Munch (1863-1944)
Year	1893
Creation location
Type	Tempera on cardboard
Height	83.5
Width	66
Depth
Units	cm
City	Oslo
Museum/Gallery	Munch Museum
Source	The Munch Museum Original Page: http://www.munch.museum.no/en/artworks.htm (no longer exists) Current page: http://www.munch.museum.no/work.aspx?id=17&wid=1
Permission	This painting by Edvard Munch is in the public domain in the United States because it was first published more than 95 years ago. The painting is protected by copyright in Norway until 2015 (the life of the author + 70 years). The painting may also be covered by copyright in the countries of the European Union (see Directive on harmonising the term of copyright protection).
Other versions	Image:The Scream.jpg: The Scream (1893), National Gallery, Oslo.
Other notes	This is one of several versions of the painting The Scream. This is the version that was stolen in 2004.

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