✏️📐 A striking mid-century art manual from the Commercial Art & Design series, issued by Art Instruction Inc. in the 1950s. Each booklet represents a different “Division” (Advertising Illustration, Design & Decoration, Fashion Illustration, Study of Color, Book & Magazine Illustration, etc.), offering in-depth lessons with period typography, diagrams, and illustrations. Whether displayed as studio décor, collected for graphic design history, or used as reference, each division is sold separately and carries the refined charm of mid-century art education.
Overall, books are in average vintage/used condition - wear can be seen throughout. Please see all of the photos.✏️📐
⌛History Behind The Piece⌛ Published by Art Instruction, Inc. of Minneapolis in the early 1950s, this booklet belonged to a mail-order commercial art school whose curricula included dozens of similarly formatted instructional texts. The school’s softcover manuals, edited in part by noted illustrators, taught everything from advertising layout to figure drawing.
Overall Book Dimensions (Approximate): 13.75" L : 8.4" W
