This artwork is the real peel.
This isn’t low-hanging fruit.
Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian” has fetched a phenomenal $6.2 million at auction at Sotheby’s in New York City.
Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun snapped up the controversial work, which consists of a real banana duct-taped to a wall, on Wednesday evening at an event where pieces by Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns and Jeff Koons also went under the hammer.
The Post re-created “Comedian” for the paltry sum of $5.75 — buying a banana from a bodega for 80 cents and a roll of heavy-duty duct tape for $4.95.
Our replica took less than 60 seconds to assemble and, as our photos show, appears almost identical to the original.
However, what the lucky new owner of the artwork gets — and what we didn’t — is a “certificate of authenticity” that grants them “permission and authority” to reproduce the work.
“I have always said, as much as I love art and it is important, it’s the silliest thing where serious money changes hands and this work is definitely no exception,” art adviser Ralph DeLuca — who has helped Leonardo DiCaprio and Sylvester Stallone build their collections — told The Post.
Still, DeLuca said “Comedian’s” hefty price may have been a bargain because it’s as much an idea as it is an actual piece of art.
“Some people may consider this work Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’ of the 21st century,” DeLuca told The Post, referencing the infamous urinal that sold at Sotheby’s for $1.
