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Great links, images and reading from Chartbook Newletter by Adam Tooze

John Atherton, Fortune Magazine 1942, featuring Tom Girdler of Republic Steel

On Atherton see this in Illustration History

Atherton was highly influenced by the magic realist movement that had roots in European surrealism but carried distinctly American undertones. While other magic realists focused on themes of agriculture and fertility, Atherton often …