Karl Valentin
Winterzahnstocher
1934
- Artist / Artist group
- Karl Valentin
- Title
- Winterzahnstocher
- Year
- 1934
- Category
- other
- Material / Technique
- wood, fur, adhesive, in paperbag
- Dimensions / Duration
- 11,1 x 6,9 x 1,8 cm, installation: installation dimensions variable
- Collection
- ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
- Description
The "Wintertoothpick" of Karl Valentin, a German comedian, consists of a toothpick with a white fur trim, a work of art from his Panoptikum in the basement of the Hotel Wagner, which opened in Munich in 1934.
Alongside a mixture of wax figures and curiosities, there was also this kind of toothpick.
In 1937, the artist even greeted the British writer Samuel Beckett with this "Wintertoothpick".