LOT 35
ABDUL LATIFF MOHIDIN
B. N. Sembilan, 1941
Pago-Pago, 1971
Watercolour on paper
26 x 36 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
Signed and dated on lower right
RM 25,000 – 45,000
Born in 1941, Latiff started painting at an early age and by 10 he was holding his first exhibition at Kota Raja Malay School in Singapore, and was dubbed in the local press as the “boy wonder”. He is well-known as a poet as well. He was trained in art at Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste in Germany, Atelier La Courriere in France and Pratt Graphic Centre in America. Among the honours and awards he has received are the Salon Malaysia’s 1968 second prize in Graphic Design and the Malaysian Literary Awards for four years in a row, the National Literary Award in 1984 and 1986 and the Southeast Asian Writers Award in 1984 for writing.the tests of time and change, an entity that symbolises growth and a sense of continuity across space and time.