Comedian (artwork)

Comedian is a 2019 artwork by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. Created in an edition of three (with two artist's proofs), it appears as a fresh banana duct-taped to a wall. As a work of conceptual art, it consists of a certificate of authenticity with detailed diagrams and instructions for its proper display. At a Sotheby’s auction in 2024, versions of Comedian sold for over $6 million — one sale hit $6.2 million.

Number two of the limited edition of three was bought at auction by cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun for US$6.2 million in November 2024. Soon afterward, he ate the banana onstage, comparing it to a crypto asset and saying, "the real value is the concept itself". Sun also stated that he would buy 100,000 bananas from the street vendor that sold the banana used in the artwork.

The piece and another example had previously sold for US$120,000 each at Art Basel Miami Beach to significant media attention. The third edition was donated to the Guggenheim Museum.