@Madken65 Joyce Kilmer of Tree fame wrote a NYT article excoriating these new artists and holding up Nude Descending a Stair as a primary example of all that was wrong with Art and Poetry. His opinions per surviving diaries suggest that his WWI experience fundamentally changed him. I've always thought that, had he survived the war, we would have seen some astonishing work from him. He might even have changed his mind on Duchamp and his ilk.