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this week was a banana duct-taped to a wall. The piece of artwork, called"The Comedian," was sold for a whopping for $120,000.earlier this year. According tothere are three editions of the piece in existence and two have already been sold. The final third edition is expected to be sold for $150,000.
that the artist first thought of the piece a year ago, and the initial idea was a banana sculpture."Every time he traveled, he brought a banana with him and hung it in his hotel room to find inspiration," Perrotin said."He made several models: first in resin, then in bronze and in painted bronze finally coming back to the initial idea of a real banana."
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