Site specific exhibition at Kunsthaus Zurich
09/02/2024 – 12/05/2024
curated by Simone Gehr



Miniature 3D Fountain, ceramic test at Unfold, Antwerp, 2024
Failed Fountain IV (2024)
Tête de femme (Fernande), Pablo Picasso (1906) Collection Kunsthaus Zürich


Elsa von Freytag–Loringhoven featuring in "A Philistine in Bohemia" (1920) by Edward H. Griffith


Exhibition layout and design by Barbara Visser for Kunsthaus Zürich, 2024
Poster for exhibition at Kunsthaus Zürich
Design by HOMI


Failed Fountain I (2024)
Kopf der Mutter. Studie (um 1916) Alberto Giacometti Collection Kunsthaus Zürich
Subjective Wall Graph for Elsa von Freytag–Loringhoven (2024)
The Blind Man, original magazine (1917) Collection Kunsthaus Zürich


Failed Fountain II (2024)
Tête crâne (1934) Alberto Giacometti Collection Kunsthaus Zürich
Failed Fountain III (2024)
Georg Kolbe, Wälzende (1926) Collection Kunsthaus Zürich


Grande Femme IV (1960) separated, Alberto Giacometti Collection Kunsthaus Zürich

Grande Femme IV (1960) separated, Alberto Giacometti Collection Kunsthaus Zürich
Quote from Elsa von Freytag–Loringhoven's writings
University of Maryland Digital Collections


Lament V (Asking for Love) Jacquard weave
of archive note by Elsa von Freytag–Loringhoven (2024)
L'Escrimeuse (1943) Germaine Richier, Collection Kunsthaus Zürich
Aborted Biography, from the archives of Djuna Barnes (1892 – 1982) – Design Anouk De L'Ecluse

Alreadymade II (2024)
Stills from the 5-screen installation

Alreadymade II (2024)
Stills from the 5-screen installation

Alreadymade II (2024)
Stills from the 5-screen installation

Alreadymade II
Stills from the 5-screen installation

Aborted Biography, from the Archives of Djuna Barnes’, 2024,
prints, courtesy the digital archives of the university of Maryland, U.S.A., and the personal archive of Hank O'Neal.
Design by Anouk De L'Ecluse