Irene B. BASHKIROFF-VALIRA Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1913 - d. 1999

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    • IRENE BASHKIROFF-VALIRA (1913-1999) “Miss Twisty: Back to the City.”
      Dec. 15, 2022

      IRENE BASHKIROFF-VALIRA (1913-1999) “Miss Twisty: Back to the City.”

      Est: $500 - $750

      IRENE BASHKIROFF-VALIRA (1913-1999) "Miss Twisty: Back to the City." Illustration for the last chapter of Miss Twisty: Adventures in the Country by Irene B. Valira (New York and Paris: Valira, 1948). Graphite on paper. 310x260 mm; 12 1/4x10 1/4 inches. Signed "I.B. Valira" in image, lower right. Tipped to window matte and framed to 20x18 inches. A copy of the first trade edition in dust jacket accompanies the artwork. Valira's charming self-published book about a city gal who takes a summer break with a farm family in the country, following her adventures and foibles. The book's jacket bears an endorsement by Natalia Gontcharova who notes that the young American artist "brings great talent and a deep sense of humor" to her drawings. The full caption of this final illustration in the book showing Miss Twisty boarding the train back to the city reads: "And to the new adventures . . . So long Junior, so long little Sis! . . . Hope, to come back."

      Swann Auction Galleries
    • IRENE B. BASHKIROFF-VALIRA (AMERICAN
      Oct. 25, 2014

      IRENE B. BASHKIROFF-VALIRA (AMERICAN

      Est: $1,000 - $1,500

      IRENE B. BASHKIROFF-VALIRA (AMERICAN 1913-1999) Portrait of Mikhail Larionov, 1937 charcoal on paper 39.4 x 29.8 cm (15 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.) [sight] initialed , dated and titled lower right LOT NOTES Irene B. Bashkiroff-Valira, publishing under the name Irene B. Valira, is also well known as the author and illustrator of satirical book Miss Twisty: Adventures in the Country, published in 1948.

      Shapiro Auctions LLC
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