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The unique blend of femininity and mystery is strongly conveyed in this piece. The first scene is almost similar to a piece titled Am Abend, 1993 that was sold in Henry Butcher Art Auction in April 2018, which features a lady on a geometric patterned floor. The second female figure is accompanied by a monkey by the window while the moonlight shines through. The third figure appears topless under a translucent scarf exposing the upper part of her body. Effortless as it may seem Noor Mahnun's meticulous and refined work often features women as a subject matter. Noor Mahnun Mohamed also known as Anum participated in a yearlong Malaysia-Australia Visual Arts Residency in 2000 and produced works which were then exhibited at Rimbun Dahan the following year. Besides making art, she held the position of Visual Arts Residency Manager at Rimbun Dahan for a few years. The artist returned to Malaysia at the end of 1997 having spent seven years studying for her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Fine Arts at the Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste, Braunschweig, Germany (1989-1996), and exhibiting broadly in Europe. She was also awarded the Italian Government Scholarship to study printmaking at the International School of Print and Graphic Il Bisonte, Florence in 2003. The artist's solo exhibition titled Disco Lombok Still Life was held at The Edge Galerie in 2017. Her works transcend the conventions of still life, figurative and landscape painting, inspired by the Old Masters of the European tradition.