2 IMPORTANT SOCIETY OF ETCHERS WORKS BY ROBERT LAWSON AND LESTER HORNSBY: We offer ''We Fix Flats'' an etching by Robert Lawson depicting Pegasus being shod in the deep forest by a grouping of elves which was made only for the members of The Society of American Etchers and used as the Societies Print for 1932. Proofs could be obtained through no other channel. Overall 11.5'' x 14'', 6.875'' x 8.875'' plate size on deckled paper and sold with society presentation mat and tissue. Signed RL in plate and graphite signed Robert Lawson, imp. lower right margin.; Also included in this lot Lester B. Hornsby's Etching ''Palais du Justice in the Rain'' showing the conciergerie where Marie Antoinette was imprisoned just behind the Palais. This is the 11th presentation print, 1 of only 250 produced in 1920, with the plate being printed on English handmade paper and bears the Seal of The Chicago Society of Etchers lower left and graphite signed lower right L.G. Hornsby. Copies only were available through associate membership in the Chicago Society of Etchers. 12.125''h x 8.625'' overall, 7.75''h x 6'' plate size. Sold with society presentation mat and tissue. Provenance: Estate of the Artist Ernest Roth, an early member of the society.
CONDITION: Sold with original presentation mat cut folders and original tissue paper