Why are there 4 versions of Edvard Munch's The Scream?

It is not at all unusual for an artist to paint many versions or studies of the very same thing. Monet did it often. Munch in fact did do four versions and a lithograph: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream Three were done in paint and the fourth in pastel. It is common for a theme or idea to become an object of study and for the artist to try it out in several mediums.

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