This monograph is published in conjunction with the exhibition under the same title held at Singapore Art Museum from March to May 2009. Drawings and works on paper by Latiff Mohidin created between 1962 and 2006 are showcased in the exhibition. The works are categorized into the following themes: 'Pago-Pago', 'Langkawi. Mindscape', 'Sketches for Sculpture', 'Guilin. Bukhara. Samarkhan. Isfahan', 'Gelombang. Rimba', 'Interior Landscape. Landscape', 'Voyage. The Well. Gita', 'Wetlands'. Brief artist biography and selected bibliography are included in the monograph.

'This is the first detailed study of Latiff Mohidin's drawings; even though drawing is a foundational, formative aspect of his practice throughout his entire life, it has not received deserving critical attention. This is not surprising as extant studies are dominated by appraisals of his paintings; other aspects are, regrettably, neglected. In these circumstances, this publication assumes great significance. It broadens and deepens our knowledge of Latiff as well as the history of art in Southeast Asia.
It examines the status of the earliest acknowledged picture as a drawing in the 1950s and traces the development of Latiff's practice of this medium until the present. This study springs from analysing works in the collection of Yeap Lam Yang, which presents a sufficiently broad spectrum spanning forty years. When they are approached thematically, Latiff's drawings and paintings are undeniably connected; both are identified by the major topics that mark his art's historical development. [...]' (front flap of the book)