New Masses Magazine. May 1926, Inaugural: Volume 1, Number 1.
Published by the New Masses Inc., 39 West 8th St., New York City
Lithograph by Hugo Gellert on the cover and multiple illustrations in magazine.
The writers of this issue: Babette Deutsch, Robert Dljnn, Robinson Jeffers, William Carlos Williams, Nathan Asch, Norman Studer, M. H. Hedges, Art Shields, Karol Rembov, Hal Saunders-White, Edwin Seaver, George Sterling, Scott Nearing, Whittaker Chambers.
The artists: William Gropper, Adolph Dehn, Stuart Davis, Art Young, I. Klein, Boardman Robinson, Wanda Gag, Louis Lozowick, F. S. Hynd, New Masses, Otto Soclow, Hans Stengel, A. Ronnebeck.
Editors: Egmont Arens, Joseph Freeman, Hugo Gellert, Michael Gold, James Rorty, and Joan Sloan.Executive Board: Egmont Arens, Maurice Becker, Helen Black, John Dos Passos, Robert Dunn, Joseph Freeman, Hugo Gellert, Michael Gold, William Gropper, Paxton Hibben, Robert L. Leslie, Freda Kirchwey, Louis Lozowick, James Rorty, John Sloan, and Rex Stout.
Hugo Gellert (Hugo Grunbaum, 1892-1985) was a Hungarian-American illustrator and muralist. A committed radical and member of the Communist Party of America, Gellert is considered by some art critics as among the best political work of the first half of the 20th century.
New Masses was launched in New York City in 1926 as part of the Workers (Communist) Party, produced by a communist leadership but making use of the work of an array of independent writers and artists.
New Masses (1926-1948) was an American Marxist magazine closely associated with the Communist Party USA. With the coming of the Great Depression in 1929 America became more receptive to ideas from the political Left and New Masses became highly influential in intellectual circles. The magazine has been called …The principal organ of the American cultural left from 1926 onwards.

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