Edvard Munch works up for auction amid renewed interest in artist

Sotheby's expert says pandemic has been good for the artist, lending his work a whole new meaning'

Two works by Edvard Munch that the Nazis classified as degenerate before selling them for profit are to be offered at auction in London next month, at a time when interest in the Norwegian artist has never been bigger.

A self-portrait painted in 1926, the first formal portrait of Munch to come to auction for 15 years, and Embrace on the Beach, painted for a children's nursery in 1904 and last on sale more than 80 years ago, are due to go under the hammer at Sotheby's next month.