# Significance of this artwork?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-this-artwork/979534>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** arts-crafts\
**Created:** [February 9, 2023, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-this-artwork/979534 "2023-02-09T17:47:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-this-artwork/979534/1 "2023-02-09T17:47:17Z")

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

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-this-artwork/979534/2 "2023-02-09T17:48:31Z")

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

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**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-this-artwork/979534/3 "2023-02-09T17:54:40Z")

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

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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-this-artwork/979534/4 "2023-02-09T18:05:57Z")

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Kunst makes all the difference.

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**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-this-artwork/979534/5 "2023-02-09T19:21:55Z")

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> [@mixdenny](#):
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> Is it just whimsical or some deeper meaning perhaps related to the contents of the book?

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

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**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-this-artwork/979534/6 "2023-02-10T20:29:21Z")

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> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> > [@mixdenny](#):
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> > Is it just whimsical or some deeper meaning perhaps related to the contents of the book?
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> It’s a comment on the futility of trying to explain art in words…like I just did.

Nailed it!

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**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-this-artwork/979534/7 "2023-02-10T21:23:59Z")

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Well played.

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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-this-artwork/979534/8 "2023-02-11T00:48:53Z")

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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.