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Personal Papers of Ian Breakwell

1960²õ–2005

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Available online are items which reflect key periods and themes in Ian Breakwell's work. These include project files relating to works such as 'The Institution', 'Circus', and 'Auditorium', as well as placements and artist-in-residences at Durham Cathedral. There are also notebooks kept by Ian Breakwell which feature diary entries and ideas for works, photographs, correspondence, and audio-visual material.

Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.

Collection Owner
Ian Breakwell 1943–2005
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented to Tate Archive by Ian Breakwell, April 2005.
Reference
TGA 20054

266 objects in this collection

  • Personal Papers of Ian Breakwell

    266 Objects

    • Correspondence

      12 Objects

    • Notebooks

      7 Objects

    • Project files

      247 Objects

      • Bristol Arts Centre

        19 Objects

      • Performance documentation

        16 Objects

      • ‘The Institution’

        38 Objects

      • ‘C¾±°ù³¦³Ü²õ’

        140 Objects

        • Photographs of ‘C¾±°ù³¦³Ü²õ’

          78 Objects

        • Photographs and installation shots of ‘C¾±°ù³¦³Ü²õ’, and related material

          44 Objects

        • Material relating to Ian Breakwell’s collaboration with Ian McQueen on ‘C¾±°ù³¦³Ü²õ’

          18 Objects

      • ‘A³Ü»å¾±³Ù´Ç°ù¾±³Ü³¾â€™

        10 Objects

      • Artist-in-residence at Durham Cathedral

        23 Objects

      • ‘Ghost Dance (aka Dancing Strangers)’

        1 Object

Title
‘C¾±°ù³¦³Ü²õ’
Date
°Ú³¦.1978–85±Õ
Description
Consists of three files of documentation relating to the exhibition, 'Circus'. Files include correspondence, writings and reports, notes, printed material, photographs, and press cuttings.
Reference
TGA 20054/4/7

Showing 121–140 of 140 objects

Black and white photograph of ‘C¾±°ù³¦³Ü²õ’, a photo-silkscreen print of a clown’s head

Anonymous
1978
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Black and white photograph of ‘Circus: sixteen animal acts’

Anonymous
1978
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Letter from Ian McQueen to Ian Breakwell

Ian McQueen
04 September 1979
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Colour transparency of photo-silkscreen prints of ‘C¾±°ù³¦³Ü²õ’, in Glasgow School of Art

Anonymous
[c.August–September 1978]
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Colour transparency of photo-silkscreen prints of ‘C¾±°ù³¦³Ü²õ’, in Glasgow School of Art

Anonymous
[c.August–September 1978]
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Colour transparency of photo-silkscreen prints of ‘C¾±°ù³¦³Ü²õ’, in Glasgow School of Art

Anonymous
[c.August–September 1978]
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Colour transparency of Ian Breakwell working on photo-silkscreen prints of ‘C¾±°ù³¦³Ü²õ’, in Glasgow School of Art

Anonymous
[c.August–September 1978]
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Colour transparency of Ian Breakwell working on photo-silkscreen prints of ‘C¾±°ù³¦³Ü²õ’, in Glasgow School of Art

Anonymous
[c.August–September 1978]
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Colour transparency of Ian Breakwell working on photo-silkscreen prints of ‘C¾±°ù³¦³Ü²õ’, in Glasgow School of Art

Anonymous
[c.August–September 1978]
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Colour transparency of Ian Breakwell working on photo-silkscreen prints of ‘C¾±°ù³¦³Ü²õ’, in Glasgow School of Art

Anonymous
[c.August–September 1978]
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Colour transparency of Ian Breakwell working on photo-silkscreen prints of ‘C¾±°ù³¦³Ü²õ’, in Glasgow School of Art

Anonymous
[c.August–September 1978]
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Colour transparency of photo-silkscreen prints of ‘C¾±°ù³¦³Ü²õ’, in Glasgow School of Art

Anonymous
[c.August–September 1978]
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Colour transparency of Ian Breakwell working on photo-silkscreen prints of ‘C¾±°ù³¦³Ü²õ’, in Glasgow School of Art

Anonymous
[c.August–September 1978]
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Colour transparency of photo-silkscreen prints of ‘C¾±°ù³¦³Ü²õ’, in Glasgow School of Art

Anonymous
[c.August–September 1978]
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Colour transparency of Ian Breakwell working on photo-silkscreen prints of ‘C¾±°ù³¦³Ü²õ’, in Glasgow School of Art

Anonymous
[c.August–September 1978]
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Colour transparency of Ian Breakwell working on photo-silkscreen prints of ‘C¾±°ù³¦³Ü²õ’, in Glasgow School of Art

Anonymous
[c.August–September 1978]
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Colour transparency of Ian Breakwell working on photo-silkscreen prints of ‘C¾±°ù³¦³Ü²õ’, in Glasgow School of Art

Anonymous
[c.August–September 1978]
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Colour transparency of Ian Breakwell working on photo-silkscreen prints of ‘C¾±°ù³¦³Ü²õ’, in Glasgow School of Art

Anonymous
[c.August–September 1978]
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Colour transparency of Ian Breakwell working on photo-silkscreen prints of ‘C¾±°ù³¦³Ü²õ’, in Glasgow School of Art

Anonymous
[c.August–September 1978]
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Typed document entitled, ‘Circus: Ian Breakwell and Ian McQueen’

Ian Breakwell, Ian McQueen
°Ú³¦.1978–9±Õ
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