Antique Hand Carved Jointed Artists Model Doll

Description: Antique Hand Carved Jointed Artists Model Doll. This is from the Estate of
Milton Simpson, author of several books and publications of Folk a. He was the
graphic designer who discovered the Woodbridge figures collection in New Jersey.
Not the construction worker that found them but the person who purchased them
all from a local pawn shop and recognized their importance. There is a very high
probability this piece is published in one or more of his books/publications.
20" tall and Jointed everywhere, all the joints are functional, some a little
loose as this is about 100 years old. It is standing unassisted in two of the
pics but might not be the best idea unless held with "museum wax" or something
similar. tw106

Milton Simpson (1911-2023)
Milton – also known by his friends and acquaintances as Milt - was born and
raised in Brooklyn, New York City and raised his family in Millburn, New Jersey.
He attended the New York School of Industrial Art (SIA), now the School of Art
and Design. He then worked for Incorporated Ideas Advertising Agency in New
Jersey before joining the United States Army, serving in Korea.
After his discharge from the Army, Milt attended The Workshop School of
Advertising & Editorial Art. Upon completion of his studies there, he became the
Art Director of The American Baby Magazine in New York, Assistant Art Director
at Lewin, Williams & Saylor in New Jersey, and then Art Director of Kenyon-Baker
Advertising & Baker Printing Company, (both of which were under one roof) in New
Jersey. (He left there because the promised air conditioner was never
installed!)
He then worked as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator for several
years.
In 1964, he and business partner Don Johnson founded the firm of Johnson &
Simpson Graphic Designers with Milt as president. They were based in a townhouse
in beautiful downtown Newark, New Jersey and specialized in corporate
communications. The design projects they took in included annual reports,
corporate magazines, capability brochures, posters, museum catalogs, trademarks
and books. Their clients included Conoco, Johnson & Johnson, New Jersey Bell,
Hoffmann-La Roche, The Newark Museum and Singer Corporation.
The firm was featured in every major design publication, was recognized by over
350 graphic design awards and he and Don were inducted into the New Jersey Ad
Club's Advertising Hall of Fame in 1991.
Milt also served on the Advisory Board of The Greater Newark Chamber of Commerce
and was an Adjunct Professor (Publication Design) at Montclair State College.
The New Jersey Art Directors Club voted Milt Art Director of the Year in 1972.
Books were his passion. He couldn't seem to get them out of his system and
didn't try to. For many years he produced and self-published a series of
Artists' Books using several print-on-demand platforms. Milt was always a
student and appreciator of quirky, eccentric and irrational human behavior.
These Artists' Books were very much influenced by his observations and
obsessions.
Among many others too numerous to mention, he wrote "Windmill Weights; which was
self-published and "Folk a" published by HarperCollins.