Conrad Atkinson

Colour photograph of a wall in Derry, Northern Ireland painted with the words, ‘Join the IRA’, and ‘Free Derry’

[c.1978]

Created by: Conrad Atkinson born 1940
Title: Colour photograph of a wall in Derry, Northern Ireland painted with the words, ‘Join the IRA’, and ‘Free Derry’
Date: [c.1978]
Medium: Colour photograph
Dimensions: 119 x 182 mm
Description: Originally filed in a plastic wallet containing a post-it note annotated with, '25, £1500'.
Format: Photograph - print
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Purchased by Tate Archive from Margaret Harrison, November 2010.
Reference: TGA 201020/3/28

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Colour photograph of a wall in Derry, Northern Ireland painted with the words, 'Join the IRA', and 'Free Derry' TGA 201020/3/28

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Conrad Atkinson

Colour photograph of a wall in Derry, Northern Ireland painted with the words, ‘Join the IRA’, and ‘Free Derry’

[c.1978]

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