Painting 'The Scream' sells for record $120 million at auction
油画作品《呐喊》以1.2亿美元刷新拍卖纪录

Sotheby's employees with Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream," which will be auctioned Wednesday.苏富比工作人员与蒙克作品《呐喊》

Updated at 7:30 p.m. PT: NEW YORK -- Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream," one of the world's most recognizable works of art, sold for $120 million at Sotheby's on Wednesday, setting a new record as the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction.
纽约时间下午7：30分—爱德华•蒙克（挪威画家）的油画作品《呐喊》——这幅在世界上认可度最高的艺术作品于周三在苏富比拍卖行以1.2亿美元的价格拍出，并以拍卖史上最昂贵的艺术品创新拍卖纪录。

The sale at Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art auction featured other works by Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali and Joan Miro, but Munch's vibrant piece was the centerpiece of the auction in a salesroom packed with collectors, bidders and the media.
此次参与苏富比印象主义和现代主义艺术品拍卖的拍品包括巴勃罗.毕加索，萨尔瓦多.达利以及胡安.米罗的作品，但其中蒙克的这幅富有生机的《呐喊》是此次拍卖的压轴拍品。拍卖室中更是坐满了各路收藏家，竞标者和媒体人士。

The vibrant pastel from 1895 was conservatively estimated to sell for about $80 million at Sotheby's, but two determined bidders drove the final price to $107 million, or $119,922,500 including commission, during a 15-minute bidding war.
创作于1895年的这幅粉彩画在苏富比拍卖行保守估价为8000万美元，然而由于2位坚决的竞标者不断竞价，在短短15分钟内将最终价格推高到了1.07亿美元或1.199225亿美元含佣金。

One of four versions by the Scandinavian painter, which was being sold by Norwegian businessman Petter Olsen, "The Scream" easily eclipsed the old auction record held by Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust," which went for $106.5 million at Christie's two years ago.
由这位北欧画家所创作的《呐喊》系列共有四个版本，其中被挪威商人皮特•奥尔森售卖的这一版本的价格轻而易举便超过了由毕加索的《裸体、绿叶和半身像》所保持的价格纪录——两年前这一作品在克利斯蒂拍卖行以1.065亿美元成交。