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b. Negeri Sembilan, 1941
Latiff Mohidin
Kathmandu Raga (Pago-Pago Series)
1966
signed with the artist’s initials and dated ‘AL 66’ (bottom centre)
mixed media on paper
17.5 x 25.5cm
Provenance
Private collection, Kuala Lumpur.
Estimate
RM 15,000 – 20,000
Price Realised
RM 16,500
LITERATURE
Pago-Pago to Gelombang: 40 Years of Latiff Mohidin, Singapore Art Museum, 1994, illustrated p. 225.
The composite shape is likely to depict some mythical Hindu-Buddhistic monuments in Kathmandu, inspired by the artist’s fascination with the history of Malay Archipelagos and the Oceanic region, and the word Raga in the title would suggest something more spiritual and musically in sync. This is a spontaneous play to the artist’s more ruminative Pago-Pago works on canvas.
