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Jean (Yanco) Varda (1893-1971) American, Mixed Media Collage on Panel, Abstract Cityscape
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Jean (Yanco) Varda (1893-1971) American, Mixed Media Collage on Panel, Abstract Cityscape

Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000
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Jean (Yanco) Varda (1893-1971) American, Mixed Media Collage on Panel, Abstract Cityscape. Signed 'Varda' lower right.

 

Overall Size: 25 x 35 in.

Sight Size: 21 x 31 in.

Provenance: The Unknown Museum, Marin County, California. 

 

Born in Smyrna, Greece on Sept. 13, 1893, Varda was active in Paris before immigrating to NYC in 1939 and to California the following year. After a few years in an old red barn in Monterey, he settled into a houseboat in Sausalito. Primarily a portrait painter, he also did mosaics and collages. Called the "Last of the Bohemians," Varda died in Mexico City on Jan. 10, 1971.

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The Unknown Museum, Marin County, California. 

25 x 35 in.

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