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x	Lot 1	Robert Lawson						1892-1957		x
x		Two faces of Uncle Sam looking at vices.								x
x		“It depends on how you look at it” Editorial illustration: “The Return of Sin?”, author: John Erskine, New York Herald Tribune Magazine, April 9, 1933; Graphite & watercolor on board, 13.25 x 14.25", initialed lower corners								x
x		Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500								x
x		This appeared on the front cover of the newspaper magazine. Provenance - from Estate of Mrs. Louis B. Lundborg								x
x		Condition - Very good overall: paper light; crop marks within image area; archivally matted and framed.								x
x		This editorial was published in the year that Prohibition was repealed, and the spectre of a national libertine lifestyle remained an issue for many Americans. Lawson's depiction of a two-faced Uncle Sam holding opposing viewpoints simultaneously is a precursor to the famous "If-by-whiskey" speech made by Mississippi lawmaker Noah Sweat, Jr. in which he attempted to be both for and against alcohol. Curator Joyce Schiller points out that a common symbolic figure of social cartoons during Prohibition was “Mr. Dry,” a scolding counterpart to Uncle Sam.								x
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