Maurizio Cattelan’s viral paintings involving a banana duct-taped to a wall has offered at public sale for US$5.2m, besting its estimates of between US$1m and US$1.5m.
One among three editions for the 2019 work, titled Comic, made its public sale debut on Wednesday night at Sotheby’s New York, as a part of its up to date artwork public sale.
In a aggressive and fast-moving public sale by which cryptocurrency bids had been accepted, the value rapidly leapt past the preliminary estimates, with the auctioneer saying at one level: “I by no means thought I’d say ‘$5 million for a banana’”.
The brand new proprietor of the world’s costliest banana just isn’t but identified, although the profitable bid was positioned by means of Sotheby’s China workplace. Whoever positioned the profitable bid – which price an extra $1.2m in fee, taking the overall to US$6.24m – will obtain a banana, a roll of duct tape, a certificates of authenticity and directions on find out how to set up the work.
Described by the auctioneer as a “viral sensation”, Comic debuted at Artwork Basel Miami truthful in 2019 as an version of three, the place its US$120,000 price ticket made headlines worldwide and prompted debates in regards to the nature and worth of artwork.
It subsequently went viral when New York efficiency artist David Datuna eliminated and ate the banana, which was then changed.
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