MIMI TRAIL AND BILLABONGS, 1989

Important Aboriginal Works of Art
Melbourne
25 May 2016
159

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

Estimate: 
$5,000 – 7,000
Sold for $9,760 (inc. BP) in Auction 43 - 25 May 2016, Melbourne
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.’