INOUE YUICHI Ippiki-Ōkami

• LOT

  805

• Artist

  INOUE YUICHI ( 1916 - 1985 )

• Estimate

  3,800,000 - 5,000,000 190,000 - 250,000 211,111 - 277,778 844,444 - 1,111,111 26,761 - 35,211

  JPY RMB HKD TWD USD

• Result

  JPY5,500,000

• Details

  ink on Chinese paper　framed　1970
  stamped signature
  Publication: "Yu-ichi INOUE catalogue Vol.2" P.156, CR70283, UNAC TOKYO
  Exhibited: First-time showing 35, UNAC Salon, Tokyo, 1994
  CR70283
  Ippiki-Ōkami means "lone wolf".
  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.
  111.6×61.0cm　

• Organizer

  Jo's Auction

• Auction

  Jo’s Auction Autumn Auction of Art Works 2024

• Catalog

  Contemporary Art/Modern&Post-War Art

• Date

  2024/10/16