849. Maxime Ewertz (American, early 20th century) "Quilting Party", c. 1949; terra cotta sculpture, 9" h x 10" w, signed. Ewertz studied fine art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, where she met husband, sculptor Henry Ewertz. The couple, living in Hatfield, PA, executed figurative works of the Dutch Amish—the "Plain People", as they refer to their subjects, in the 1940s and 1950s. 3000-5000 Illustrated: The Dutchman, 1956