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.

The conceptual artwork has an estimated value of between $1 million and $1.5 million at Sotheby’s auction on Nov. 20.

As Maurizio Cattelan's artwork "Comedian," a banana duct-taped to a wall, goes to auction, here's a look back at how the banana became a beloved motif in the arts.Would you buy a banana for a million dollars?

Walk into any supermarket, and you’ll find a banana for less than $1. However, a banana duct-taped to a wall has become a conceptual artwork valued at an estimated $1 million to $1.5 million. Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian,