Art Basel Miami Beach consisting of a banana held to a wall by duct tape, sold to an unnamed French art collector for $120,000 US. The fruit in the work was later summarily eaten by Georgian performance artist David Datuna, who called his piece Hungry Artist. Meanwhile Galerie Perrotin, which is exhibiting the piece, replaced the fruit and stated that it is an "idea", while Datuna said "it was very delicious". References Further reading Giorgio Verzotti, Maurizio Cattelan, Milan, Charta Art Books, 1997, Laura Hoptman and Madeleine Schuppli, Maurizio Cattelan, Basel, Kunsthalle, 1999. Maurizio Cattelan and Jens Hoffmann, 6th Caribbean Biennal, Dijon, Les presses du réel, 2001, Francesco Bonami, Nancy Spector, Barbara Vanderlinden and Massimiliano Gioni, Maurizio Cattelan, London, Phaidon Press, 2003, Maurizio Cattelan, Massimiliano Gioni and Ali Subotnick, Of Mice and Men, Berlin, Hatje Cantz, 2006, Franklin Sirmans, Maurizio Cattelan: Is There Life After Death?, Yale University Press, 2011, Nancy Spector, Maurizio Cattelan: All, New York, Guggenheim Museum, 2011, Maurizio Cattelan, Myriam Ben Salah and Marta Papini, Shit and Die, Bologna, Damiani, 2015. Michael Frahm and Paolo Fabbri, Victory is Not an Option: Maurizio Cattelan at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Art Foundation, 2019 Roberta Tenconi, Vicente Todolí, Francesco Bonami, Nancy Spector, Arnon Grunberg, Andrea Pinotti and Timothy Verdon, Maurizio Cattelan: Breath Ghosts Blind, Venice, Marsilio, 2021. Maurizio Cattelan, Marta Papini, Michele Robecchi, Roberta Tenconi, Vicente Todolí and Fiammetta Griccioli, Maurizio Cattelan: Index, Venice, Marsilio, 2021. 1960 births Living people 20th-century Italian sculptors 20th-century Italian male artists Italian male sculptors 21st-century Italian sculptors Italian contemporary artists Postmodern artists Artists from Padua Italian magazine founders Italian magazine editors 21st-century Italian male artists