| Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven |
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (1874–1927) is considered by many to be the first American dadaist as well as the mother of dada. An innovator in poetic form and an early creator of junk sculpture, “the Baroness” was best known for her sexually charged, often controversial performances. Some thought her merely crazed, others thought her a genius. The editor Margaret Anderson called her “perhaps the only figure of our generation who deserves the epithet extraordinary.” Yet despite her great notoriety and influence, until recently her story and work have been little known outside the circle of modernist scholars.Dada Live!
Books on the Baroness
| Body Sweats: The Uncensored Writings of
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
Edited by Irene Gammel and Suzanne Zelazo, MIT, 2011. | 
| Baroness Elsa: Gender, Dada, and Everyday Modernity
By Irene Gammel, Cambridge: MIT, 2002. | 
| Die Dada Baroness: Das wilde Leben der Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
By Irene Gammel, Berlin: Ebersbach, 2005. | 
| Mein Mund ist lüstern / I Got Lusting Palate: Dada Verse von Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
Edited and Translated by Irene Gammel, Berlin: Ebersbach, 2005. |
Related Web Resources
Dada exhibit featuring Elsa's Limbswish:George Pompidou in Paris
October 5 2005 - January 9, 2006
National Gallery of Art in Washington
February 19 - May 14, 2006
Museum of Modern Art in New York
June 18 - September 11, 2006 
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| Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
Limbswish Sculpture
Mark Kelman Collection, New York |
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