LOT 32
ABDUL LATIFF MOHIDIN
B. Negeri Sembilan, 1941
Schwalmerin – Berlin Series, 1962
Signed and dated “AL 62” on lower right
Inscribed “ AP SCHWALMERIN” on lower edge of paper
Name, date, and title on verso
Woodblock print on paper (Artist’s Proof)
24 x 18 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
RM 7,000 – RM 14,000
An artist’s proof is an impression of a print taken in the printmaking process to see the current printing state of a plate while the plate (or stone, or woodblock) is being worked on by the artist. A proof may show a clearly incomplete image, often called a working proof or trial impression, but in modern practice is usually used to describe an impression of the finished work that is identical to the numbered copies. Abdul Latiff’s artist’s proof of the Schwalmerin – Berlin Series, 1960’s illustrates a suburban village with subject on the foreground, engrossed in crafting of some kind, with German- style houses at the background. One of the early modenists in Malaysia, he studied at the Hochschile for Buldende Kunst (Academy of Fine Arts) in Berlin from 1960-1964 on a German scholarship. Naturally, his earlier influences bear traces of German expressionism, as seen in this piece which was completed in 1962.