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The auction ends on Thursday at 8:17 p.m. ET, according to the eBay listing. Banana sold for four times expected value. On Nov. 20, A single banana duct-taped to a wall sold for around $6.2 ...
Comedian is a 2019 artwork by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.Created in an edition of three, it appears as a fresh banana affixed to a wall with duct tape.As a work of conceptual art, it consists of a certificate of authenticity with detailed diagrams and instructions for its proper display.
At the auction, "Comedian" went from an $800,000 starting price to $5.2 million, plus a buyer's premium by the time it sold, Reuters reported. Is it art? Wednesday's sale is only the latest for ...
Comedian is a banana duct-taped to a wall precisely 160 centimeters above the floor and previous editions sold for $120,000 and $150,000 in 2019, The Daily Beast noted.
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“He has persistently disrupted the art world’s status quo in meaningful, irreverent, and often controversial ways,” the auction house said in a description of “Comedian.” The sale came a day after a painting by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte sold for $121.2 million, a record for the artist, at a separate auction.
Or, more accurately, they have purchased a certificate of authenticity that gives them the authority to duct-tape a banana to a wall and call it “Comedian.” Bidding started at $800,000 and within minutes shot up to $2 million, then $3 million, then $4 million, as the auctioneer joked, “It’s slipping through the auction room.”