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INOUE YUICHI Ko

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    INOUE YUICHI ( 1916 - 1985 )

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    ink on Japanese paper panel framed 1978
    stamped signature
    Publication: 1. "Yu-ichi INOUE catalogue Vol.3" P.158, CR78039, UNAC TOKYO
    2. "A Retrospective: Yu-ichi Inoue 1955–1985" P.203, CR78039, General Incorporated Foundations World
    Exhibited: First-time showing 35, 1994
    CR78039
    certificate of authenticity issued by UNAGAMI MASAOMI affixed to the reverse
    Ko means "solitude" and "loneliness".
    INOUE YUICHI, born in Tokyo in 1916, is an artist who represents Japan in the late 20th century. He is often remembered as a wild and uninhibited figure, with his shaved head, wielding a giant brush, splashing ink, crawling and rolling on the ground, as if no one else existed. "He was a simple schoolteacher by day and an avant-garde artist at home," is how those who knew him described him. While the rest of Japan was indulging in rapid economic growth, he remained obscure, grounded, and genuine, and eventually honed himself into an artist who came to represent Japan and left his mark on the history of world art.
    115.0×165.0cm 

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    2024/10/16

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INOUE YUICHI Ko

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