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A HILARY KNIGHT WATERCOLOR OF PHOEBE LEGERE, GOOD CLEAN FUN.
Original poster design for a new musical at The China Club, New York City, 1998,

5 December 2018, 10:00 EST
New York

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A HILARY KNIGHT WATERCOLOR OF PHOEBE LEGERE, GOOD CLEAN FUN.

Original poster design for a new musical at The China Club, New York City, 1998, watercolor, ink and color pencil, 415 x 340 mm, signed and dated lower right, "Hilary Knight 1998."

Phoebe Legere is a multi-talented performance artist who made her name in unconventional productions of the downtown scene in the late 1980s. She opened for David Bowie in 1990, and has long been Hilary Knight's muse. He describes Good Clean Fun as "a typical P. L. production. All the best people to help," including Tony winner Tony Walton who designed the fantastic set. Mr. Knight based his poster on a popular girly magazine of the 1930s called Film Fun. The style of drawing, lettering and color scheme all came from this monthly's covers. "One of my best works of art," he maintains. He obviously enjoyed this unique experiment with cheesecake. The poster was never printed: the original art was used to promote the show.

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