Nicolai Michoutouchkine - Travel journals, 1953-1956

PMB 1134

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441480

Microfilm : PMB 1134

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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 objects from right across the South Pacific which they have exhibited, with their own works in Noumea, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Russia and Central Europe, Taiwan and Indonesia

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 experienced and document aspects of his artistic development. The journals comprise: vols 1-2, Sep 1953-Nov 1953; vol 2, Nov 1953-Aug 1954; vol 3, Aug 1954-Nov 1954; vol 4, Nov 1954-Jan 1955 and vol 5, Aug 1955-Jan 1956

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