Hugh Ferriss’ Art Revisited:

Ask me to name the precursors of Dieselpunk and Hugh Ferriss will be one of the first names on my list.

There’s already an article about this genius delineator, accompanied by a small album. Now Paul Malon’s excellent Flickr photostream brings us more high-quality scans of Ferriss’ graphic artwork.

Skycraper Hangar in a Metropolis

Skyscrapers Spanning Streets

The Metropolis of Tomorrow, 1929

Canyons Of Commerce, 1929

Chanin Building, 1929

The Chicago Board of Trade

The Master Building

Empire State Building, 1931

Chrysler Building, 1930

To serve a pleasant reminder: the largest Ferriss online gallery (341 images from Avery collection) is here. Once copy-protected, it’s now public and download-enabled.