Saturday Evening Post, Fortune Magazine

This November 1931 Fortune magazine cover captures the mechanical poetry of American mass media at the height of the Machine Age. The composition offers a dramatic bird's-eye view of a rotary printing press churning out copies of The Saturday Evening Post, with a pressman in the foreground guiding the colorful sheets through the industrial apparatus. The bold Art Deco palette of teal, cream, and warm reds transforms heavy machinery into an object of aesthetic fascination. Fortune magazine, launched by Henry Luce in early 1930, distinguished itself through lavish production values and its celebration of American business and industry. At one dollar per copy during the Depression, it targeted executives and investors who appreciated both fine art and capitalism's grand mechanisms. This cover exemplifies Fortune's approach: treating industrial processes with the reverence usually reserved for fine art. The meta-quality of showing one major publication being printed on another's cover adds intellectual dimension to the visual appeal. A standout piece for collectors of early Fortune covers, Depression-era graphic design, or printing history ephemera. Size: 13.75" x 11.0" Artist: Antonio Petruccelli Condition: Very Good, * Please note that this listing is for the cover artwork, and not the magazine as a whole. Age-appropriate wear. Paper toning in accordance with the print's age. Marks/stains as per photo. Wear around the edges and minor paper loss might be present in some prints. Some covers may have writing or images on verso. Please refer to each print's photo to get a better understanding of the condition.