The DuPont Company was already 111 years old when it started publishing a self promotional magazine in 1913. Hagley Museum and Library has a digital archive of all 640 issues published through 2003.
As you might expect, covers run the spectrum from cliché and repetitive to refreshing and unexpected, with some classic beauties in the mix.
While the production of the cover image was often discussed in an editor’s note, artistic attribution was rarely supplied. With very few exceptions, a designer or illustrator would simply (and quite mysteriously) be referred to as “the artist.”
July-August 1922“Answering the Clay Target’s Challenge”
April 1932Photo of anhydrous ammonia cylinders.
February 1936(seasonal image)
March 1937(seasonal image)
September 1941The Story of NYLON
June-July 1943Nylon Goes Aloft
January-February 1947This cover, about the auto industry, is by Domenico Mortellito (1906-1994). The Newark, NJ born artist worked for DuPont designing exhibits, most notably the 1965 World’s Fair Pavillion. Though a number of other illustrated covers over the next couple of years are stylistically very similar to this one, none are credited. Hmmm.
April 1947Agriculture
February 1948Metals
April 1948Petroleum
April 1949Pigments
February-March 1956Cover is about the use of "Elvanol" polyvinyl alcohol
to improve the printing quality of paper.
April-May 1957Cover by Vince Hoffman represents "paint-test farms."
July-August 1960New Ideas for Industry's Product Lines through
the Designer and Du Pont
November-December 1961Photographic record of colloidal fibrous boehmite alumina,
as seen through crossed light polarizing screens.
January-February 1962A kaleidoscope of printing inks
May-June 1962Cover about street-sweeping technology is by Allen Wexler.
July-August 1964Fantasy and Fashion
September-October 1965Lively Teen Fashions Leap to the Fore
January-February 1968Stadiums Worth Cheering About
November-December 1973"Chromalin" proofing (some of you might
even know what that is!)
July-August 1974The Number One Look
July-August 1977A Fashion Stir in Sleepwear
July-August 1987The Livin' is Easy With "Blockade"
(flea and tick repellant)
July-August 1993Painting By The Numbers
Number 4 2001Artistry on Wheels
So informative and comprehensive report.
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