Fortune Magazine Covers from 1935
Fortune Magazine Covers
from 1935
(United States, 1935)
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Background:

These original Fortune magazine covers are from 1935 - the sixth year of publication for the magazine.

Henry Luce, publisher of Fortune, said he wanted "the new magazine to be as beautiful a magazine as exists in the United States.   If possible, the undisputed most beautiful".  To that end  leading artists of the day contributed to the design of the covers including Antonio Petruccelli, Ervine Metzl, Walter Buehr and Ernest Hamlin Baker.  Where possible, we identify the artist for the cover.

The covers are notable both for the quality of the graphics, and their commentary on business, social and political issues of the day.

Four of the covers presented here were illustrated by the American artist Antonio Petruccelli (1907-1994) who was born in Fort Lee, New Jersey.   During the 1930's and 1940's Petruccelli illustrated 24 covers for Fortune.

Each Fortune cover is provided with a copy of the table of contents from the issue.

 

Price per print: Print Only:  $90
Matting Charge:  $30
Framing & Matting Charge:  $175
Dimensions: Print Only:  11 x 14 inches
Matted:  16 x 20 inches
Type of print: Original magazine covers
Year: 1935

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Fortune Magazine Covers - 1935 (No. 60203501)
January 1935
(Norman Reeves)
Fortune Magazine Covers - 1935 (No. 60203502)
February 1935
(Antonio Petruccelli)
SOLD
Fortune Magazine Covers - 1935 (No. 60203503)
March 1935
(Roger Duvoisin)

Fortune Magazine Covers - 1935 (No. 60203504)
April 1935
(John O'Hara Cosgrave II)
Fortune Magazine Covers - 1935 (No. 60203505)
May 1935
(Norman Reeves)
Fortune Magazine Covers - 1935 (No. 60203506)
June 1935
(Ernest Hamlin Baker)
SOLD

Fortune Magazine Covers - 1935 (No. 60203507)
July 1935
(Roger Duvoisin)
Fortune Magazine Covers - 1935 (No. 60203508)
August 1935
(Henry Stahlhut)
SOLD
Fortune Magazine Covers - 1935 (No. 60203509)
September 1935
(Antonio Petruccelli)
SOLD

Fortune Magazine Covers - 1935 (No. 60203510)
October 1935
(Ernest Hamlin Baker)
Fortune Magazine Covers - 1935 (No. 60203511)
November 1935
(Antonio Petruccelli)
SOLD
Fortune Magazine Covers - 1935 (No. 60203512)
December 1935
(Antonio Petruccelli)

News Events for 1935

President Roosevelt signs U.S. Social Security Act
Persia changes its name to Iran
Films of note - "Anna Karenina", "Mutiny on the Bounty", "The 39 Steps" (Hitchcock)
George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess"opens in New York
Jazz becomes "Swing"
Popular songs - "Begin the Beguine", "I Got Plenty of Nuthin", "It Ain't Necessarily So"
Radar equipment to detect aircraft built by Robert Watson Watt
Oil pipeline between Iraq, Haifa and Tripolis opened
The longest bridge in the world opened over the lower Zambesi
Bank of Canada established
S.S. Normandie crosses Atlantic in 107 hours, 33 minutes
U.S. Professional Golfer's Association hosts 34 tournaments with total prize money of $135,000
Rumba becomes the fashionable dance
Moscow subway opened
Detroit (AL) beats Chicago (NL) 4-2 to win the World Series