Important Aboriginal Works of Art - 25 May 2016 | Melbourne
Lot 159
Trevor Nickolls
(1949 – 2012)
MIMI TRAIL AND BILLABONGS, 1989
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
91.0 x 76.0 cm
Estimate:
$5,000 – 7,000
Lot sold: $9,760 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Trevor Nickolls
(1949 – 2012)
MIMI TRAIL AND BILLABONGS, 1989
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
91.0 x 76.0 cm
bears label verso with artist's name and title together with cat. CF/TNI 36
Provenance
Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne
Catalogue text
This work is accompanied by a certificate from Flinders Lane Gallery which states: ‘The patterning and detail in this work incorporate the symbols derived from central Australian Aboriginal art as well as the artist’s imaginative personal symbols that go beyond dots. One major theme of the artist’s work is “Dreamtime” in which the landscape – trees, spinifex or shrubs – is expressed through the simplest elements of pattern.’