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

McEwans celebrity pavement, footprints, handprints, Derek Nimmo, 1975

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