Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
1924
oil
paperboard
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1924 oil by Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting looks like a mix of junk and gold. A face with big eyes sits front and center, surrounded by shiny bits—foil, beads, and bits of metal. The colors are bright yellows, deep blacks, and flashes of red and green. Behind the face, there’s a messy mix of shapes: a hat with feathers, a drum, and what looks like a broken chair. The artist used real objects glued onto the painting. That’s why it looks rough and textured, not smooth. The face has a strange, almost angry look, but the gold bits make it feel fancy too. Look up Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven next. She made this weird, glittery style.
Elsa Baroness von Freytag-Loringhoven (née Else Hildegard Plötz; 12 July 1874 – 14 December 1927) was a German avant-garde visual artist and poet, who was active in Greenwich Village, New York, from 1913 to 1923, where…
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