US billionaire Black is 'Scream' buyer: report
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July 13, 2012, Friday
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US billionaire Leon Black is the mystery buyer who paid a record US$120 million for Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream" at Sotheby's in May, the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction, the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday.
Citing several sources close to Black, a New York businessman and avid art collector, the newspaper said his intentions for the painting were unclear.
A spokesman for Sotheby's declined to comment on the report. Black could not be reached and his spokesman also declined to comment.
Black, the lead partner of Apollo Global Management and No. 330 on Forbes list of billionaires, sits on the boards of both the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art.
A Sotheby executive took the winning bid at the May 2nd sale in New York. It was one of an initial group of seven bidders who drove the price up during a feverish auction.
"The Scream" is one of the world's most famous paintings. The 1895 painting depicts a bald figure with hands pressed to the head and swirling colors in the background.
Citing several sources close to Black, a New York businessman and avid art collector, the newspaper said his intentions for the painting were unclear.
A spokesman for Sotheby's declined to comment on the report. Black could not be reached and his spokesman also declined to comment.
Black, the lead partner of Apollo Global Management and No. 330 on Forbes list of billionaires, sits on the boards of both the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art.
A Sotheby executive took the winning bid at the May 2nd sale in New York. It was one of an initial group of seven bidders who drove the price up during a feverish auction.
"The Scream" is one of the world's most famous paintings. The 1895 painting depicts a bald figure with hands pressed to the head and swirling colors in the background.
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