The extraordinary life of a thrice-married penniless 20th century baroness who once shaved her pubic hair on film is being celebrated in a new exhibition. Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven was a notorious performance artist in Twenties New York; she wore a cake as a hat, spoons as earrings and postage stamps as make-up and lived in poverty due to never monetising her art. Her title was acquired in New York in 1913 after a short marriage to an impoverished German baron, but she refused to bow down to bourgeois behaviour - instead constantly defying convention and becoming a 'downtown Manhattan legend'.
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