PM
April – May 1939
Charles C. S. Dean, Robert L. Leslie and Percy Seitlin [Editors]
Robert L. Leslie and Percy Seitlin [Editors]: PM [An Intimate Journal For Art Directors, Production Managers, and their Associates]. New York: The Composing Room/P. M. Publishing Co., Volume 4, No. 12: April-May 1939. Original edition. A nearly fine copy in 2-color photo-offset wrappers: slight rubbing to spine juncture and trace of edgewear. Cover design by Featured Artist Charles Dean.
5.5 x 7.75 perfect-bound and sewn digest with 102 [16] pages of articles including Charles C. S. Dean designed by Charles Dean; Society of Illustrators insert layout by Lucien Bernhard; Ludlow insert designed by Kempshall-Schreiner-Bennett and more.
Contents:
Charles Dean by Walter P. Suter: 16-page insert designed by Dean. Charles Dean was a leading graphic designer of trademarks, brochures, packaging and booklets, as well as an artist in his own right.
Society of Illustrators 1939 Annual Exhibition: portfolio of approximately 58 pages contains such luminaries as Peter Arno, Lucian Burnhard, Abner Dean, Norman Rockwell, with a Charles Dana Gibson cover. Catalogue design by Lucien Bernhard.
Ludlow Typefaces
Books and Pictures: Books Reviewed: Changing New York - photos by Berenice Abbott; All the Brave - drawings of the Spanish War by Luis Quintanilla; Woodcuts of NY by Hans Alexander Mueller and more.
Typeface Review
Editorial Notes
PM Shorts
Charles C. S. Dean emigrated to the US in 1925. He was first in San Francisco and then in Chicago. In Chicago he worked for Kuppenheimers, designing packagingand other materials. He relocated to New York and studied at the Art Student's League and the American and National Academies of Design. After a year studying in Europe he returned to New York and worked for Newell-Emmett advertising and spent evenings studying at NYU and the Beaux Arts School of Design. He designed trademarks, brochures, packaging and booklets.
P-M magazine was the leading voice of the U. S. Graphic Arts Industry from its inception in 1934 to its end in 1942 (then called AD). As a publication produced by and for professionals, it spotlighted cutting-edge production technology and the highest possible quality reproduction techniques (from engraving to plates). PM and A-D also championed the Modern movement by showcasing work from the vanguard of the European Avant-Garde well before this type of work was known to a wide audience.