I was thrilled was Andy Warhols enthusiastic reaction to the pictures of Florine Stettheimer 18711944. Many of the elements of her work inspired his Pop Art. During Stettheimers life her sensuous and ironic paintings with their numerous figures were valued highly by artists and curators although the general public remained largely unaware of their merits. Only after her death did her close friend Marcel Duchamp organise a retrospective in the Museum of Modern Art. The art and literature scene o