The estimable surrealist Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, “a marginal figure in art history who was a raucous ‘proto-punk’ poet from whom Duchamp allegedly stole the concept for his urinal”.
Apparently.
[Needless to say, we have featured the bizarre Baroness as an "exhibit" here before...]
Oh dear...just a tad morbid….
ReplyDeletebut at least she's a tad more fem looking here..
DeleteShe was a startling-looking woman, especially when you consider she was dressing like this in c.1915 - thirty-four years before Lene Lovich was born... Jx
DeleteSurreal is the word.
ReplyDeleteFab mad lady is three
"Wish I'd met her" is four... Jx
DeleteShe looks like a bejewelled bee in this photo. I think it's the Princess Leia ear muffs that do it - they're like big compound eyes.
ReplyDeleteI can also see abit of Siobhan Fahey/Shakespears Sister, too!
You'd better hope and pray
DeleteThat you'll make it safe
Back to your own world
You'd better hope and pray
That you'll wake one day
In your own world
Indeed. Jx