Duct-Taped Banana Sells For $6.2 Million At Art Auction

NEW YORK (AP) — A piece of conceptual art consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall has sold for $6.2 million at an auction in New York.

The piece is titled “Comedian,” by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.

It went to auction at Sotheby’s on Wednesday night.

It debuted to much fanfare in 2019 at Art Basel Miami Beach.

At the time, festivalgoers tried to make out whether the single yellow piece of fruit affixed to a white wall with silver duct tape was a joke or cheeky commentary on questionable standards among art collectors.

Sotheby’s describes Cattelan as “among Contemporary Art’s most brilliant provocateurs.”