Derek Nimmo celebrity print 1975
Maker unknown
Registration number
1809793
Artist/maker
Maker unknown
Title
Derek Nimmo celebrity print
Production date
1975
Medium
concrete, brass
Dimensions (H x W x D)
61.5 x 22.7 x 6 cm
Inscriptions
DEREK NIMMO / STAR OF T.V. STAGE & SCREEN / LEFT HIS IMPRINT HERE ON / 8-9-75
Credit line
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection
Keywords
Summary
This concrete footprint was formerly located as a part of the iconic McEwans celebrity pavement. Between 1972 and 1994, scores of celebrities had their handprints and footprints immortalised in cement at the entrance to the McEwans hardware store on Bourke Street. The City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection acquired a number of these impressed concrete slabs from the original celebrity pavement in 2005.
"Derek Nimmo (1930-1999) was a British actor, best known for his starring role as a bumbling monk in the British comedy series, ‘O, Brother!’ (1968-70). Nimmo was in Melbourne in 1975 to appear on stage in ‘Why Not Stay for Breakfast?’ at the Comedy Theatre." - Robyn Annear, 2023