INOUE YUICHI Chi-gu

• LOT

  1801

• Artist

  INOUE YUICHI ( 1916 - 1985 )

• Estimate

  2,800,000 - 3,800,000 121,739 - 165,217 140,000 - 190,000 560,000 - 760,000 17,500 - 23,750

  JPY RMB HKD TWD USD

• Result

  Members only

• Details

  carbon ink on Chinese paper　framed　1978
  stamped signature
  CR78119
  authentication label by Unagami Masaomi affixed to the reverse
  The title means "Shrewdness is the same as foolishness," the name of a Zen priest
  Publication: "Yu-ichi INOUE catalogue Vol.3" P.196, CR78119, UNAC TOKYO
  Exhibited: First-time showing 38 (Tokyo / UNAC Salon) 1994
  
  INOUE YUICHI, born in Tokyo in 1916, was 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.
  
  57.0×96.0cm
  (22 ½ × 37 ¾ in.)　

• Organizer

  Jo's Auction

• Auction

  Jo’s Auction Autumn Auction of Art Works 2026

• Catalog

  Contemporary Art/Modern&Post-War Art

• Date

  2026/10/21