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Window

€1,500

A banana duct-taped to a white paper is displayed against a sky with clouds in the background.

Maurizio Cattelan

Window

€1,500
Limited edition of 300

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Artworld provocateur Maurizio Cattelan reimagines his legendary banana in a new limited edition print.  

In 2019, at Art Basel Miami Beach, Maurizio Cattelan duct-taped a banana to a wall. It was later sold for millions. The legendary conceptual artwork, Comedian, is now a defining moment in the history of the ready-made. But as the artist explains: "The piece was not a joke, it was a sincere commentary and a reflection on what we value".

In 2025, Maurizio depicted the iconic artwork against hyper-realistic natural landscapes in a series of watercolour paintings titled Window, grounding his provocative symbol into a serene composition of subtly absurd beauty.

This limited edition print is based on one painting from the Window series. It was created in close collaboration with the artist at our specialist fine art print studio, Make-Ready, with four added silkscreen layers and a matte varnish seal.

The making of Window

To give Maurizio’s synonymous duct tape a hyperreal feel, Make-Ready founder Tom Murphy hand-mixed ink to achieve a highly-reflective metallic finish.

Make-Ready printmaker Tom holding up a print by Maurizio

Behind the scenes

Four silkscreen layers sit atop an archival pigment print in an edition that is the result of a close collaboration between Maurizio and the team and Avant Arte’s London-based print studio, Make-Ready.

Maurizio Cattelan
Maurizio Cattelan6 collaborationsMaurizio Cattelan has been called many names, but do not call him an imposter – “an impostor is someone who wants to be someone else… I am who I’ve always been.” Maurizio, the troublemaker, grew up in an industrial town in northern Italy, faking his parents’ signatures on school report cards. Maurizio, the outsider,  received no formal art training but has been hailed ‘the most famous Italian artist since Caravaggio.’ Maurizio, the heretic who dropped a meteorite on the pope (La Nona Ora, 1999), holds no institution sacred – not even the art world. A century after Duchamp’s Fountain (1917), Maurizio inverted the idea of readymade art with America (2016) – a fully-functional solid gold toilet in the restrooms at Guggenheim Museum.

While Comedian (2019) – an ordinary banana duct-taped to a wall – has captured mainstream attention for years, it’s not the first time it seemed like Maurizio was playing a joke on the world. For example, L.O.V.E (2010), an 11m marble hand with four digits missing – leaving only a middle finger outside the Italian Stock Exchange in Milan. Is it a response to the fascist history of the square, or the 2008 financial crisis? Is it a postmodern comment on the emptiness of gestures, or just a really good joke? Any single answer would be unsatisfactory. To Maurizio, “if something can be reduced to one clear concept, it is as sure as hell artistically dead.” Only one thing unifies this sprawling, sardonic oeuvre – the figure of Maurizio the Artist. Or is that just another Mini-Me (1999)?

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Reviews from Avant collectors

  • Art arrived in pristine condition with relevant handling instructions. Bulletproof packaging and white gloves were a welcome surprise.

  • It was a great experience on all levels...

  • so surprised from the extreme professiomality and packimg

  • Beautifully printed piece. Nice touch on the bag and gloves. Thank you for your efficiency and timely updates.

  • simply one of the most well produced prints i have ever purchased. its absolutely beyond what i was expecting. so beautiful!!!

  • Great experience all around, thank you! I love what you do and the fact that it allows me to own artist works whose originals I wouldn't be able to afford.

  • Absolutely stunning print!

  • The piece looks great and the frame is perfect. Thank you!


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