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INOUE YUICHI Hana

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    802

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    INOUE YUICHI ( 1916 - 1985 )

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    glue ink and Japanese paper framed 1970
    stamped signature
    CR70159
    The title refers to a flower.
    Provenance: Toyama, Gallery NOW
    Publication: "Yu-ichi INOUE catalogue Vol.2" P.105, CR70159, UNAC TOKYO
    Exhibition: Small Scale Works "Hana" (Tokyo / Unac Salon), 1994

    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.

    27.0×37.2cm
    (10 ⅝ × 14 ⅝ in.) 

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    2025/10/23

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INOUE YUICHI Hana

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