Miguel Covarrubias: Economy of the Pacific

Miguel Covarrubias created the illustrated map Economy of the Pacific for the World's Fair Golden Gate International Exposition held in 1939-1940. It was also published as the centerfold of Fortune magazine in the May 1939 issue. Argosy Book Store of Manhattan has one on hand available for purchase.

Miguel Covarrubias
Economy of the Pacific
Fortune, May 1939

Miguel Covarrubias
Argosy Book Store listing accessed December 21, 2025

https://www.argosybooks.com/pages/books/332724/miguel-covarrubias/economy-of-the-pacific

05168

Jean-Michel Folon: The Year of the Architect

Jean-Michel Folon's 1966 magazine cover for Fortune celebrates the Year of the Architect with a surreal illustration that's quite unlike any architect's vision then or even today:

Jean-Michel Folon
The Year of the Architect
Fortune, January 1966

https://www.periodpaper.com/products/1966-cover-fortune-magazine-jean-michel-folon-building-architecture-modern-yfm2-234946-yfm2-001

Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery Archives:

Jean-Michel Folon

Fortune

Guillermo Mordillo (1932-2019)

The Year of Attempted Bloggery's Index

02982

Constantin Alajálov: A.D. 1940

The January 1941 issue of Fortune found Europe thrown into the cataclysmic upheaval of war. Russian-born illustrator Constantin Alajálov provided four allegorical illustrations for the article "A.D. 1940" in the January 1941 issue of Fortune. The subject is America's newfound perceptions of three European nations--Russia, France, Great Britain--and of America herself. The illustrations were probably created about a year before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Ballet Russe

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CONSTANTIN-ALAJALOV-Artwork-Portfolio-JAN-1941-13-page-Fortune-Magazine-Article-/360923958788?pt=Art_Prints&hash=item5408be8e04

France

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CONSTANTIN-ALAJALOV-Artwork-Portfolio-JAN-1941-13-page-Fortune-Magazine-Article-/360923958788?pt=Art_Prints&hash=item5408be8e04

Great Britain

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CONSTANTIN-ALAJALOV-Artwork-Portfolio-JAN-1941-13-page-Fortune-Magazine-Article-/360923958788?pt=Art_Prints&hash=item5408be8e04

U.S.A.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CONSTANTIN-ALAJALOV-Artwork-Portfolio-JAN-1941-13-page-Fortune-Magazine-Article-/360923958788?pt=Art_Prints&hash=item5408be8e04

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CONSTANTIN-ALAJALOV-Artwork-Portfolio-JAN-1941-13-page-Fortune-Magazine-Article-/360923958788?pt=Art_Prints&hash=item5408be8e04

Ballet Russe

http://www.fulltable.com/vts/f/fortune/al.htm

France

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1941-Print-Battle-France-World-War-II-Cannon-Wartime-German-Invasion-Alajalov-/371062484482?pt=Art_Prints&hash=item56650c2e02

Great Britain

http://www.fulltable.com/vts/f/fortune/al.htm

U.S.A.

http://www.amazon.com/United-States-Military-Wartime-Capitol/dp/B005Y2YIKW/ref=sr_1_79?ie=UTF8&qid=1401507666&sr=8-79&keywords=Alajalov

Note:  After this, you may want to sample the the more humorous side of artwork by Constantin Alajálov here on this blog.

Here are some further blog posts about the Second World War.

01173