Significance of this artwork?

Is it just whimsical or some deeper meaning perhaps related to the contents of the book? The book is titled “Texte zur Kurtz” and has a nail driven through it.

https://www.auctionzip.com/auction-lot/lot_E1A403E907?utm_source=azemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

Kunst (the German word for “art”), not Kurtz.

An artist driving a nail through a book called Texts on Art, and signing it in rough brushstrokes. Hmmmm… What could it mean?

Kunst makes all the difference.

It’s a comment on the futility of trying to explain art in words…like I just did.

Nailed it!

Well played.

Don’t put that quarter in your pocket. Anywhere not in your pocket. Where it’ll get mixed in with the others and become just a coin. Which it is.