ABOUT THIS AUCTION: For sale is a LIFE MASK of Important American Modernist Artist MAXWELL SIMPSON, by female artist Renee Andre, dated 1930. Simpson and Andre worked and studied together in New York City. We recently sold a great etching of Andre by Simpson. Obviously from the Simpson estate. Signed and dated inside the mask, with a label adhered to the back of the mask reading "This life mask of Maxwell Simpson made by Renee Andre in her studio in New York. Carved into the interior of the mask it reads "Life mask of M S Simpson by Renee Andre 1930."

SIZE: 12 inches HIGH, 7 inches ACROSS.

DELIVERY TO USA is $20.00 (double-boxed for safety). ANYWHERE ELSE $4.00.

CONDITION: Excellent. No condition issues or damage. Some discoloration on chin. Should be easy to remove.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Many of Maxwell Simpson's friends were sculptors. We have sold about 7 sculptures from this estate. This is one of the most elegant in form and deliniation. Found in the studio of prominent Modernist New Jersey artist Maxwell Simpson.

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SIZE: 12 inches HIGH, 7 inches ACROSS.

SIZE: 12 inches HIGH, 7 inches ACROSS.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY ACCURATE PHOTO OF THIS ITEM IN TERMS OF COLOR, STYLE AND TONAL VALUES.

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Here's the etching of Renee Andre by Simpson.

ALSO SEE pictures and information on Simpson below.

HERE IS SOME VERY IMPORTANT BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON MAXWELL SIMPSON: NOTE THAT IN 1934, AT THE AGE OF 37 HE WAS INCLUDED IN THE PRESTIGIOUS EXHIBIT "A SURVEY OF AMERICAN PAINTING" AT THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART ALONG WITH SUCH MAJOR AMERICAN PAINTERS AS JOHN STEWART CURRY, GUY PENE DU BOIS, WILLIAM GLACKENS, FREDERICK CARL FRIESEKE, EDWARD HOPPER, HENRY VARNUM POOR, EVERETT SHINN, JOHN SLOAN, WALT KUHN, ERNEST LAWSON, ROCKWELL KENT, MAX WEBER, JOHN SINGER SARGENT, AND GRANT WOOD. (SEE EXHIBIT CATALOG) BELOW FIND PERTINENT INFORMATION ON SIMPSON'S PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART, INCLUDING PICTURES OF HIM WHILE STUDYING AT THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, JUDGING ART EXHIBITIONS WITH WILLIAM ZORACH, AND MORE. PLEASE READ THE ARTICLE ABOUT SIMPSON WRITTEN IN 1926, AND OBSERVE SOME EXAMPLES OF HIS EARLY MODERN ART INCLUDED IN THE INFORMATION BELOW.