NAKED CIVIL SERVANT THE: NAKED CIVIL SERVANT THE: Signed 8 x 10 photograph by bo…

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NAKED CIVIL SERVANT THE:

NAKED CIVIL SERVANT THE: Signed 8 x 10 photograph by both the English raconteur Quentin Crisp (1908-1999) and English actor John Hurt (1940-2017) individually, the image depicting the two men standing back-to-back in half-length poses, Hurt in costume as Crisp, in a publicity portrait for the biographical drama television film The Naked Civil Servant (1975) which was based on Crisp's book of the same name. Signed by Crisp in blue ink to the upper white border and by Hurt in black fountain pen ink to the lower white border, each with their names alone. VG

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