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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."
