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Nicolai Michoutouchkine - Travel journals, 1953-1956

Nicolai Michoutouchkine - Travel journals, 1953-1956

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nGm4y40Y

Nicolai Michoutouchkine - Travel journals, 1953-1956

About this item

Full title

Nicolai Michoutouchkine - Travel journals, 1953-1956

Call Numbers

PMB 1134

Record Identifier

nGm4y40Y

Reference Code

441480
Physical Description

Contents

ols

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Issue Copy

Microfilm : PMB 1134

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Travel journals recording the comments, sketches and verse of the artists, political and religious leaders, and other people Michoutouchkine met on his travels. They also hold travel documents, correspondence, press cuttings, photographs and ephemera. As well as tracking Michoutouchkine's journey, the journals indicate the artistic influences he ex...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Nicolai Michoutouchkine - Travel journals, 1953-1956

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1134
Available for reference
Microfilm. Balgowlah : W.& F. Pascoe Pty Ltd for Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University : 1998. 3 microform reels : positive, 35 mm
Originals held in private ownership
Artists

Contextual Information

Administrative / Biographical history

From a family of Russian emigres based in Paris, Nicolai Michoutouchkine set out travelling in the Near and Middle East, India and South East Asia in 1953. After a period of conscription and work in New Caledonia, Michoutouchkine settled in Port Vila in 1961 with Aloi Piloko, a Futuna Islander artist. They collected more than 6000 indigenous art ob...

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

PMB 1134

Record Identifier

nGm4y40Y

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nGm4y40Y

Other Identifiers

Reference code

441480

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