Conrad Atkinson

Colour photograph of a wall covered in paint splashes in Northern Ireland

[c.1974–5]

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Created by: Conrad Atkinson born 1940
Title: Colour photograph of a wall covered in paint splashes in Northern Ireland
Date: [c.1974–5]
Medium: Colour photograph
Dimensions: 126 × 177 mm
Format: Photograph - print
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Purchased by Tate Archive from Margaret Harrison, November 2010.
Reference: TGA 201020/5/65

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Material relating to works by Conrad Atkinson TGA 201020 (160)

Photographs taken by Conrad Atkinson during his work in Northern Ireland for the exhibition, 'A shade of green, an orange edge' TGA 201020/5 (66)

Colour photograph of a wall covered in paint splashes in Northern Ireland TGA 201020/5/65

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Conrad Atkinson

Colour photograph of a wall covered in paint splashes in Northern Ireland

[c.1974–5]

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Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a wall in Northern Ireland painted with a rifle

Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a street in Northern Ireland and a wall painted with the words, ‘S.S. RUC Out’

Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a wall in Northern Ireland painted with an Irish flag and ‘Easter 1916-1975’

Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a wall in Northern Ireland painted with an Irish flags, a rifle, and ‘Easter ‘75’

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Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a boarded up pub in Northern Ireland covered in posters which read, ‘Boycott’

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Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a wall in Northern Ireland painted with an Irish flag and a rifle, and ‘75 IRA’

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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’

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