Maurizio Cattelan’s duct-taped banana artwork fetches US$5.2m at New York auction

The winner will receive a banana, a roll of duct tape and instructions on how to use it, in one of three editions of the viral 2019 work

Maurizio Cattelan’s viral artwork involving a banana duct-taped to a wall has sold at auction for US$5.2m, besting its estimates of between US$1m and US$1.5m.

One of three editions for the 2019 work, titled Comedian, made its auction debut on Wednesday evening at Sotheby’s New York, as part of its contemporary art auction.

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