Even the illustration work known to be by him or attributed to him is in short supply on the Internet. Which is too bad, because Perley seems to have been competent at his trade, though perhaps not one of the great illustrators.
Here I juxtapose a Purley illustration with the model he depicted.
Another such juxtaposition.
A dozen or 15 years earlier, Perley did other Pierce-Arrow illustrations as well as illustrations for advertising other makes of cars. And as with this Listerine ad, he provided illustrationa for non-automotive companies.
If anyone has some biographic information on Perley, let us know in Comments.
After some digging I see he spent some time as an art director. Couldn't find anything beyond that. The first auto ad I ever bought was that 1931 convertible coupe illustration. That started a raging obsession!
ReplyDeleteAnonymous -- Not much, but it helps.
ReplyDeleteAmazing how some people with a public presence (via their art, etc.) can leave so small a trace otherwise.
You may have found this already, but if you google Edward Steichen, Myron C. Perley, you will find he was the art director for several rather eye raising (for the time)"arty" ads; photographed by Steichen. I have not been able to find any bio info, unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteEdit: That should be "eyebrow raising".
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