IRINA VALTER-MASLAKOVETS (1903–1993) Two Views of Leningrad: St Isaac’s Cathedral and a Rostral Column, circa 1920-1930

each signed in Cyrillic ‘Valter’ (lower left) pencil on paper (i) St Isaac’s Cathedral: 10.5 × 17.5 cm (ii) Rostral Column: 18 × 10 cm Irina Vladimirovna Valter-Maslakovets (1903–1993) was a Russian graphic artist and illustrator. She studied at the Leningrad VKhUTEIN from 1922 to 1926 under Mikhail Matyushin and was a member of the Zorved artistic group. Active as an exhibiting artist from 1929, she specialised in landscape drawing, animal subjects and book illustration, collaborating with major Soviet publishing houses, including Detgiz and Lenizdat.