Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven

Punk artist before the word existed, Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven seems to have been artistic fuel to Marcel Duchamp’s creative achievements. Her work is maybe even more influential to the modernist art than Duchamp’s although she never became nearly as famous for it.

Some source indicate that even Duchamp’s Fountain was an idea actually stolen from Elsa.

Portrait of Marcel Duchamp, 1919 - Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
Forgotten Like this Parapluice am I by You – Faithless Bernice, 1924 - Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
Wheels are Growing on Rose Bushes, 1922 - Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
American poet presents view poetry in Philadelphia press home
Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, Facing, 1924. Courtesy of Francis M. Naumann Fine Art, New York.

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