Reputedly one of only five from Hoessein Enas’ highly sought-after sensuous Morning Mist series, it is probably inspired by Rembrandt van Rijn’s (1606- 1669) The Bather (1651). The series is one of the most erotic in Malaysian art with the water-soaked and slightly hiked-up sarong accentuating the voluptuary of the body. Few note the details of the floral motif and patterns of the sarong. This is also a work steeped in the tradition of Indonesian realist painter Basuki Abdullah (1915-1993), who had done similar ‘Bathers’ theme.