![Conrad Atkinson, ‘Quote, mounted on board, about the troubles in Northern Ireland, by James Simmons’ [c.1975]](https://www.tate.org.uk/ui/releases/4.0.9-compressed/static/images/placeholder/placeholder-4x3.gif)
- Created by
- Conrad Atkinson born 1940
- Title
- Quote, mounted on board, about the troubles in Northern Ireland, by James Simmons
- Date
- [c.1975]
- Medium
- Printed text, mounted on board
- Dimensions
- 210 × 147 mm
- Description
- This quote, by James Simmons: 'When speakers dissipate their breath demanding basic inalienable rights I know we're in for a boring night and morning paper headlines of death', 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 201020/3/7
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