INOUE YUICHI Hechima (Haiku Poem by Ozaki Hosai)

• LOT

  807

• 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

  JPY1,100,000

• Details

  carbon ink on Japanese paper　panel framed　1977
  signed
  CR77200
  accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Unagami Masaomi
  This work features a free-style haiku by the poet Ozaki Hosai: "The comedian whose face reminded us of a laughing loofah has died." The verse likens the death of the rakugo performer San'yūtei En'u to the image of a laughing loofah.
  Provenance: A Gallery in Osaka
  Publication: 1. "Yu-ichi INOUE catalogue Vol.3" P.124, CR77200, UNAC TOKYO
  2. "YU-ICHI INOUE", Wolu Museum, 2022
  Exhibited: 1. First-time showing 12 (Tokyo / UNAC Salon) 1991
  2. YU-ICHI INOUE (Osaka / Wolu Museum) September 2022
  
  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.
  
  74.0×121.0cm
  (29 ⅛ × 47 ⅝ 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