INOUE YUICHI Narukami no

• LOT

  1803

• Artist

  INOUE YUICHI ( 1916 - 1985 )

• Estimate

  320,000 - 600,000 15,238 - 28,571 15,610 - 29,268 68,085 - 127,660 2,051 - 3,846

  JPY RMB HKD TWD USD

• Result

  Members only

• Details

  ink on silver-ground　framed　1965
  stamped signature
  CR65165
  accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Unagami Masaomi
  The title "Narukami no" references the opening phrase of a waka poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro.
  Publication: 1."Yu-ichi INOUE catalogue Vol.1" P.394, CR65165, UNAC TOKYO
  2."A Retrospective: Yu-ichi Inoue 1955–1985" P.256, CR65165, General Incorporated Foundations World Paper Heritage Support Foundation KAMIMORI
  Exhibited: A Centennial Exhibition INOUE Yuichi（Ishikawa / 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa）2016
  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.
  47.0×73.7cm
  (18 ½ × 29 ⅛ in.) (M20)　

• Organizer

  Jo's Auction

• Auction

  Jo’s Auction Spring Auction of Art Works 2026

• Catalog

  Contemporary Art/Modern&Post-War Art

• Date

  2026/04/25