02097ntc a22002177i 45000010005000000080041000050400026000461000073000722450020001452640022001653000028001873360021002153370023002363380032002595000019002915060028003105201240003385330077015785400079016558560145017343916140313k19531956xx            000 0|eng d  aANU:PMBcANU:PMBerda1 aMichoutouchkine, Nicolaï (Artist and collector, Port Vila, Vanuatu)10aTravel journals  cSep 1953-Jan 1956  a3 reels; 35mm microfilm  atext2rdacontent  acomputer2rdamedia  aonline resource2rdacarrier  aAU PMB MS 1134  aAvailable for reference2 aFrom a family of Russian emigr‚s based in Paris, Nicola‹ 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 wound up settling in Port Vila in 1961 with Aloi Pilioko, a Futuna Islander artist. They collected more than 6,000 indigenous art objects from right across the South Pacific which they have been exhibited, with their own works, in Noumea, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Japan, Sweden, Russia and Central Europe, Taiwan and Indonesia. Travel journals. The journals record 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. Reel 1, Vol. 1, 2 Sep 1953-Nov 1953, Vol 2, Nov 1953-Aug 1954, Vol 3, Aug 1954-Nov 1954 Reel 2, Vol 3, Nov 1954-Jan 1955, Vol 4, Feb-Jul 1955, Vol 5, Aug 1955-Jan 1956 Reel 3 Vol 5, Aug 1955-Jan 1956, cont.  aElectronic reproduction:bCanberra :cPacific Manuscripts Bureau, d2014  aAvailable for referenceuhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/copyright.php41uhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/digital/catalogue/index.php/travel-journalszView this item in the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau Catalogue.