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A HILARY KNIGHT CRAYON ILLUSTRATION OF DAME EDITH SITWELL (1887-1964), "Ah! The Literary Life."
For an article by Frederic Prokosch, "The Nightmare of Literary Life," Harper's Magazine, published March 1953, black crayon,

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A HILARY KNIGHT CRAYON ILLUSTRATION OF DAME EDITH SITWELL (1887-1964), "Ah! The Literary Life."

For an article by Frederic Prokosch, "The Nightmare of Literary Life," Harper's Magazine, published March 1953, black crayon, 325 x 255 mm, signed and dated in ink with title and place of publication lower left.

"This is a favorite drawing," says Mr. Knight. "I do not do very good likenesses but you can't go wrong with Edith, her brother Osbert following her." Here Mr. Knight depicts Dame Sitwell and her equally odd brother Osbert at a cocktail party with fellow poet Marianne Moore in the background. The eldest of the three literary Sitwells, Edith was a true English eccentric better known for her odd appearance and peculiar behavior than for her unconventional poetry.

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The illustration and the article were both from 1983, not 1953 as stated in description.

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