NEW YORK: US investment billionaire Leon Black is the mystery buyer who paid a record-breaking US$119.9mil for Edvard Munch's "The Scream" at an auction in May, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
The painting, one of the most recognizable in history and the only privately-held version of Munch's famous scene, was sold at Sotheby's in New York in a dramatic 12-minute sale - but the buyer remained anonymous.
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