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INOUE YUICHI The Iron Tree Blooms

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    804

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    INOUE YUICHI ( 1916 - 1985 )

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    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.) 

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    2025/10/23

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INOUE YUICHI The Iron Tree Blooms

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