Do the benefits of seeing his lesser work outweigh the risk to his reputation?

I see no reason to suppose that He would have bothered with any lesser work.

They might value some works less than others, only to find the public preferring the lesser work.

Known as the scourge of crookdom, he was forced to leave lesser work to others.

The Smetana may be the lesser work but the greater challenge.

Gold, however, considered these early issues exploratory, and some of the material by major names was clearly lesser work.

But he said he suspects that whatever replaces his father's building will be a lesser work.

His first collection of short stories is, however, a lesser work.

The complexities of the characters are never fully explained, which is why some critics consider the play an involving but lesser work.

But, even there, lesser work can get in the way and conditions of looking and thinking may be less than ideal.