Not entirely sure I buy Linda Nochlin's argument in "Rococo Subversive" (1980) that Stettheimer's work is legitimate social critique, but she does bring up some good points. I really like her use of Stettheimer's poetry, especially the piece she closes with:
Art is spelled with a capital A
And Capital also backs it
Ignorance also makes it sway
The chief thing is to make it pay
In a quite dizzy way
Hurrah-Hurrah-.
- from Crystal Flowers
Though I don't have a fully formed opinion on her yet... I do like the statement of having baby Art play hopscotch on a Mondrian in the upper left:
...for this is what I shall do if I make it past this test.
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