A banana duct-taped to a wall first sold in 2019 for $120,000. It could fetch up to $1.5 million this week during a Sotheby’s auction.
Maurizio Cattelan's 'Comedian,' a banana taped to a wall, is just the latest in a long tradition of perishable art.
The Post-War and Contemporary Art sale features work by Yoshitomo Nara, Larry Poons, Nicolas Party, Tom Wesselmann, and more.