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Typed document entitled, ‘Bourgeois Manners No. 1 - Brute Force and Bloody Ignorance’, by Stuart Brisley

1988

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Stuart Brisley born 1933
Title
Typed document entitled, ‘Bourgeois Manners No. 1 - Brute Force and Bloody Ignorance’, by Stuart Brisley
Date
1988
Description
From information supplied by Maya Brisley, this document was placed on the door outside the performance of 'Bourgeois Manners No. 1 - Brute Force and Bloody Ignorance' at 'Edge 88', London.
Format
Document - writings
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented to Tate Archive by Stuart Brisley, November 2011.
Reference
TGA 201114/3/10/34
Artist Placement Group

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  • Personal papers of Stuart Brisley TGA 201114 (137)
    • Project files and writings TGA 201114/3 (91)
      • File labelled, ‘Texts. Helmsley Rd odds & bits’ TGA 201114/3/10 (10)
        • Typed document entitled, ‘Bourgeois Manners No. 1 - Brute Force and Bloody Ignorance’, by Stuart Brisley TGA 201114/3/10/34
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