The Mama of Dada: Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, the original mastermind behind Fountain, 1917
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https://doi.org/10.47611/jsrhs.v10i1.1387Keywords:
readymade, Marcel Duchamp, Duchamp, Loringhoven, Elsa von Freytag Loringhoven, Fountain, Fountain 1917, conceptual, sculpture, Dada, Art history, Women artists, activism, Misattribution, Art, New YorkAbstract
The most disruptive sculpture that broke the art world and the notion of art itself; the notorious Fountain, by Marcel Duchamp changed art history forever. Since the anonymous submission to the salon of independent artists in New York 1917, art lovers have never been able to come to a consensus about the piece. Debates and disputes polarized the opinion of the public. As a result, the name Duchamp had become synonymous with the term Readymade, Dada and the avant-garde. Absurdly, sufficient evidence suggests that the French artist Duchamp was not the artist behind Fountain. The female Dada poet and German American contemporary artist, Baroness Elsa von Freytag Loringhoven, was the mastermind behind it.
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