Very good condition.
Signed and dated at the lower right.
The reverse side has not been examined as the work is mounted to the frame.

Born in 1936 in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea, Lee Ufan is widely regarded as one of the most influential Asian Artists of the postwar period. He moved to Japan in 1956, where he studied Nihonga (Japanese-style painting) while pursuing philosophy at Nihon University. Lee is best known as a central figure of the Mono-ha movement, which emerged in the late 1960s among students of Yoshishige Saito’s class at Tama Art University. Lee played a pivotal role in presenting the theoretical foundations of Mono-ha, which emphasised minimal intervention in natural or industrial materials, such as stone, wood, clay, and iron. His practice reflects a deep engagement with Eastern philosophy, particularly as response to dominant currents in Western Modernism. Accepting the world as it is, Lee’s work consistently explores the philosophical relationships between object, between object and space, and between object and the viewer. His representative works included the From Point (Ten yori) and From Line (Sen yori) series, in which the artist leaves a trace of his physicality on the canvas, a site of encounter. Other notable series include With Winds (Kaze to tomoni) and Relatum *Kankeikou).

This work, ‘Untitled’ was created in 1995, and features a single stroke of gouache placed in the centre of the paper. Around the same time, Lee produced ‘Shouou.’(1995), a composition featuring, a single rectangular stroke set against an expanse of blank space. Lee produced a number of works during this period that applied similar method, including those exhibited in his solo exhibition at the Tokyo Gallery. This work exemplifies Lee’s ongoing exploration of his practice, marking as a significant moment in the evolution of his practice.