INOUE YUICHI The Iron Tree Blooms

• LOT

  804

• Artist

  INOUE YUICHI ( 1916 - 1985 )

• Estimate

  600,000 - 800,000 30,000 - 40,000 31,579 - 42,105 120,000 - 160,000 4,000 - 5,333

  JPY RMB HKD TWD USD

• Result

  JPY2,200,000

• Details

  carbon ink and watercolor on Japanese paper　framed　1976
  signed and stamped signature
  CR76167a
  authentication seal by Unagami Masaomi affixed to the reverse
  The title refers to the Chinese idiom meaning "when the iron tree blooms."
  Provenance: Private Collection, Kanto Region
  Publication: "Yu-ichi INOUE catalogue Vol.4" P.228, CR76167a, UNAC TOKYO
  
  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.
  
  25.0×28.2cm
  (9 ⅞ × 11 ⅛ in.)　

• Organizer

  Jo's Auction

• Auction

  Jo’s Auction Autumn Auction of Art Works 2025

• Catalog

  Contemporary Art/Modern&Post-War Art

• Date

  2025/10/23