Cattelan’s banana might be offered at public sale for 1 million {dollars} | EUROtoday

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By coming into any grocery store you should purchase a banana for lower than a euro, however a banana glued to the wall? It might promote for greater than $1 million at Sotheby’s upcoming public sale in New York.

“Comedian”, the yellow banana by Maurizio Cattelan hung with tape on a wall, ought to in actual fact be offered for between 1 million and 1.5 million {dollars} on the public sale on November twentieth da Sotheby’s a New York.

It debuted on the Art Basel honest in Miami Beach in 2019: naturally, anybody who bids won’t purchase the identical fruit that was on show in Miami. The selfie-seeking crowds turned so massive that “Comedian” was withdrawn from the exhibition, however three editions offered for between $120,000 and $150,000, in keeping with the Perrotin gallery.

Sotheby’s says the fruit was at all times meant to get replaced often.