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- Created by
- Conrad Atkinson born 1940
- Title
- Poem about Northern Ireland by Seamus Heaney
- Date
- [c.1975]
- Medium
- Printed text on paper
- Dimensions
- 210 × 147 mm
- Description
- This poem by Seamus Heaney: 'O land of password, handgrip, wink and nod, Of open minds as open as a trap.', may have been exhibited at 'A Shade of Green, An Orange Edge', by Conrad Atkinson, at the Art Council Gallery, Belfast in May 1975.
- Format
- Document - writings
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Purchased by Tate Archive from Margaret Harrison, November 2010.
- Reference
- TGA 201020/3/18
Archive context
- Material relating to works by Conrad Atkinson TGA 201020 (160)
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