Edvard Munch 2008, the painting "Vampire" set a new record for his paintings when it was sold for US$38,162,000 at Sotheby's New York. Munch's image appears on the Norwegian 1,000-kroner note, along with pictures inspired by his artwork. In February 2012, a major Munch exhibition, "Edvard Munch. The Modern Eye", opened at the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt; the exhibition was opened by Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway. In May 2012, "The Scream" sold for US$119.9 million, and is the second most expensive artwork ever sold at an open auction. (It was surpassed in November 2013 by "Three Studies of Lucian Freud", which sold
Puberty (Munch painting) the path towards adulthood. "Puberty" was a spark towards the progress of his personal emotional journey in how he portrayed his feelings in his artwork. Puberty (Munch painting) Puberty () is an 1894-95 painting created by Edvard Munch. Munch is an artist native to Norway and is widely known for his role in expressionistic art. "Puberty" has also been done as a lithograph and an etching by Munch. In the late 1880s and into the mid-1890s, Munch, in his mid-twenties, had begun to create his series of "Puberty" pieces. At this time Munch had already established himself as a notable