INOUE YUICHI Ranru

• LOT

  1507

• Artist

  INOUE YUICHI ( 1916 - 1985 )

• Estimate

  500,000 - 800,000 25,000 - 40,000 26,316 - 42,105 111,111 - 177,778 3,333 - 5,333

  JPY RMB HKD TWD USD

• Result

  -

• Details

  carbon ink on Chinese paper　hanging scroll　Date 1973
  signed
  CR73081
  a certificate of authenticity signed by Unagami Masaomi affixed to the scroll
  Provenance: A Gallery in Osaka
  Publication: "Yu-ichi INOUE catalogue Vol.2" P.352, CR73081, UNAC TOKYO
  Exhibited: Small-Scale Works, UNAC Salon, Tokyo, 1994
  Meaning of "襤褸" (boro, ranru)
  Originally, in regions like North of Japan known for their extreme cold and heavy snowfall, the primary winter clothing to endure such coldness was garments like kimonos.
  As a result, people wore the same clothing almost every day. Consequently, the elbows and hems would inevitably wear out and tear due to friction. Living in extremely cold conditions, wearing clothes with holes would make it unbearable to withstand the cold. Therefore, people patched and sewed together scraps of linen, torn cloth, and old futons to reinforce worn-out garments. (During that time, cotton was considered precious, so scraps of linen or old work clothes were often used as filling for futons.)
  Furthermore, they passed down these patched garments not only to themselves but also to the next generations, and this tradition has persisted into the present day.
  This is how the concept of "襤褸" originated. Nowadays, it is often used in expressions like "boro-boro" (tattered) or "boro-mouke" (make money hand over fist).
  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.
  20.1×32.2cm
  (7 ⁹/₁₀ × 12 ²/₃ in.)　

• Organizer

  Jo's Auction

• Auction

  Jo’s Auction Spring Auction of Art Works 2025

• Catalog

  Contemporary Art/Modern&Post-War Art

• Date

  2025/04/19