The yellow banana fixed to the white wall with silver duct tape is a work entitled “Comedian,” by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. It first debuted in 2019 as an edition of three fruits at the Art Basel Miami Beach fair, where it became a much ...

Walk into any supermarket and you can generally buy a banana for less than $1. But a banana duct-taped to a wall? That might sell for more than $1 million at an upcoming auction at Sotheby’s in New York.

Maurizio Cattelan's artwork Comedian, a banana duct-taped to a wall, is expected to fetch $1 million to $1.5 million at a Sotheby’s auction on Nov. 20 in New York.

Walk into any supermarket and you can generally buy a banana for less than $1. But a banana duct-taped to a wall?

The yellow banana fixed to the white wall with silver duct tape is a work entitled "Comedian," by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.