VARIOUS ARTISTS ARTS ET MÉTIERS GRAPHIQUES. Group of 37. 1927-1939.
Each approximately 12 1/4x9 1/2 inches, 31x24 cm. Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris.
Condition varies, generally B+.
Charles Peignot was a giant in the typography world. For over 50 years he was the director of one of the most influential French type foundries, Deberny & Peignot. One of his ambitions was to publish "the most luxurious magazine of the world." The result was Arts et Métiers Graphiques, a publication that covered all graphic media: prints, books, posters, advertising and photography. "In over ten years of publication Peignot's wide editorial goal encompassed subjects ranging from illustration, the history of the book and printing techniques, and the then-expanding disciplines of advertising design and modern art photography. The magazine also featured regular reviews of fine limited-edition books and reprints of classical literature excerpts in typographically innovative layouts. Each edition was printed on high-quality papers with frequent tipped-in plates and inserts. Until the Second World War forced the magazine to cease production, Arts et Métiers Graphiques was one of the highest standards for graphic arts magazines of its time." (http://ellie.rit.edu:1213/introduction.htm) From a poster perspective, the magazine provides innumerable reproductions (including posters that have never surfaced on the market), and articles about the best poster artists of the era. Incomplete, from a run of 68. should be seen
List of issues available upon request.