Lawler's greatest coup came in 1984, when she was granted full access to the New York City and Connecticut residences of twentieth-century collectors Burton and Emily Hall Tremaine. This opportunity occurred on the occasion of the 1984 Tremaine Collection exhibition, and Lawler was again invited to take photos of some artworks in that context. Further, this occurred just a few years before a significant part of their collection was auctioned at Christie's in 1988, and Lawler was permitted to take photos of some of the Tremaine works at auction. In this series of work, Lawler photographed Jackson Pollock's "Frieze" (1953–55) and the filigree of a Limoges soup bowl in the Tremaines' New York dining room. In "Living Room Corner, Arranged by Mr. & Mrs. Burton Tremaine, New York City" (1984), Robert Delaunay's "Premier disque" (1912) hangs above a television and a Roy Lichtenstein bust, "Ceramic head with blue shadow" (1966), which has been turned into a lamp, and seems to stare up and outward. The location was the Tremaines' New York living room. Another work in this series is "Monogram" (1984), taken in a bedroom in the Tremaines' New York apartment, the monogram "ETH" being Emily Hall Tremaine, with Jasper Johns "White flag" (1955–58) photographed over the bed. The pieces place valuable works among household objects, exploring how environments shape our "reading" of art.