This rare Pago-Pago drawing by Abdul Latiff Mohidin was done in Paris in 1969, with the ‘Le Chair’ probably referring to the “flesh” and with the pergola arch of strokes referencing the Arc de Triomphe. How you make of the front monolith of thorny strokes will be interesting in deciphering an attempt at abstraction. Latiff Mohidin is a great Southeast Asian icon in art and literature (poetry). After his major Retrospective, dubbed 60 Years Latiff Mohidin in December 2012-June 2013, his actual second at the Kuala Lumpur National Art Gallery, he hit a new peak when his celebrated Pago-Pago Series was chosen as the first feature showcase from Southeast Asia, at the exalted Pompidou Centre in Paris, in 2018. For his poetry, he clinched the Malaysian Literary Awards consecutively from 1972 to 1976, the SEA Write Award in 1984 and 1986. He was appointed Guest Writer at Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka in 1988. His fluency in Deutsche when taking his art studies at the Hochschule fur Bildende Kunst in West Berlin saw him translate Goethe’s Faust later. Latiff had also won the John D. Rockefeller III Fellowship (1965) and the French Culture Ministry to study printmaking at the Atelier Lacouriere-Frelaut in Paris (1969). His art repertoire comprises drawings, prints, paintings and sculptures. His first break was when he won 2nd Prize (Graphic) in the 1968 Salon Malaysia.