473. Maxime Ewertz (American, early 20th century), "The Water Carrier", c. 1949; terra cotta sculpture, 13"h, signed. Ewertz studied fine art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, where she met her 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. 1000-2000