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c. 1865
Since ancient times, it’s been traditional to make life and death castings of the faces of famous figures. The mask cast by Clark Mills was done two months before Lincoln’s death in 1865. This direct casting pays homage to the president’s eloquent articulation of the nation’s ideals. Mask arrives ready to hang. Masks Show Changes in Lincoln's Life
John Hay, who served as one of Lincoln's White House secretaries, noticed that Lincoln "aged with great rapidity" during the Civil War. He said, "Under this frightful ordeal his demeanor and disposition changed -- so gradually that it would be impossible to say when the change began; but he was in mind, body, and nerves a very different man at the second inauguration from the one who had taken the oath in 1861."
Hay had seen both Lincoln life masks and remarked, "This change is shown with startling distinctness by two life-masks ... The first is a man of fifty-one, and young for his years. The face has a clean, firm outline; it is free from fat, but the muscles are hard and full; the large mobile mouth is ready to speak, to shout, or laugh; the bold, curved nose is broad and substantial, with spreading nostrils; it is a face full of life, of energy, of vivid aspiration. The other is so sad and peaceful in its infinite repose that the famous sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens insisted, when he first saw it, that it was a death-mask. The lines are set, as if the living face, like the copy, had been in bronze; the nose is thin, and lengthened by the emaciation of the cheeks; the mouth is fixed like that of an archaic statue; a look as of one on whom sorrow and care had done their worst without victory is on all the features; the whole expression is of unspeakable sadness and all-sufficing strength. Yet the peace is not the dreadful peace of death; it is the peace that passeth
understanding."
Abraham Lincoln life casts
Face, Mills cast $100
Abraham Lincoln life casts Leonard Volk Recalls the First Mask
In 1881, sculptor Leonard Volk explained how he made the first Lincoln mask. He met Lincoln in 1858 during Lincoln's campaign for the U.S. Senate, and invited him to sit for a bust. Lincoln agreed, but it took Volk's insistence two years later before Lincoln came to his studio. By this time it was the spring of 1860, shortly before Lincoln received the Republican nomination for president.
Volk said, "My studio was in the fifth story, and there were no elevators in those days, and I soon learned to distinguish his steps on the stairs, and am sure he frequently came up two, if not three, steps at a stride." Volk took measurements of his head and shoulders and made a plaster cast of his face to reduce the number of sittings.
Of the plaster casting process, Volk said, "It was about an hour before the mold was ready to be removed, and being all in one piece, with both ears perfectly taken, it clung pretty hard, as the cheek-bones were higher than the jaws at the lobe of the ear. He bent his head low and took hold of the mold, and gradually worked it off without breaking or injury; it hurt a little, as a few hairs of the tender temples pulled out with the plaster and made his eyes water." Lincoln said he found the process "anything but agreeable."
Volk said that during the sittings, "he would talk almost unceasingly, telling some of the funniest and most laughable of stories, but he talked little of politics or religion during those sittings. He said: 'I am bored nearly every time I sit down to a public dining-table by some one pitching into me, on politics.'"
Volk left a priceless legacy for future sculptors, as attested by Avard Fairbanks, who said, "Virtually every sculptor and artist uses the Volk mask for Lincoln ... it is the most reliable document of the Lincoln face, and far more valuable than photographs, for it is the actual form."
Volk Casts the Hands in Springfield
Volk arrived in Lincoln's home town of Springfield, Illinois, on May 18, 1860, the day Lincoln was nominated for president. He said, "I went straight to Mr. Lincoln's unpretentious little two-story house. He saw me from his door or window coming down the street, and as I entered the gate, he was on the platform in front of the door, and quite alone. His face looked radiant. I exclaimed: 'I am the first man from Chicago, I believe, who has the honor of congratulating you on your nomination for President.' Then those two great hands took both of mine with a grasp never to be forgotten." Volk told Lincoln he would be the next president and he wanted to make a statue of him.
Once invited inside, Volk said he gave Mrs. Lincoln "a cabinet-size bust of her husband, which I had modeled from a large one, and happened to have with me." Volk returned another day to cast Lincoln's hands. He wanted Lincoln to hold something in his right hand, so Lincoln produced a broom handle from his wood shed and began whittling the end of it. "I remarked to him that he need not whittle off the edges. 'Oh, well,' said he, 'I thought I would like to have it nice.' Volk did the casting in the dining room, and noticed "The right hand appeared swollen as compared with the left, on account of excessive hand-shaking the evening before; this difference is distinctly shown in the cast."
Volk visited the Lincoln home in January 1861, just weeks before Lincoln left for Washington. He said Lincoln "announced in a general way that I had made a bust of him before his nomination, and that he was then giving daily sittings at the St. Nicholas Hotel to another sculptor; that he had sat for him for a week or more, but could not see the likeness, though he might yet bring it out. 'But,' continued Mr. Lincoln, 'in two or three days after Mr. Volk commenced my bust, there was the animal himself.'"
Volk's Lincoln
Face cast (right photo) $100
Hand casts (set of 2) $100 Contact us for availability.
BEN AFFLECK (Batman) life mask from Dogma
Ben Affleck's life mask from 1998. Made for the film "Dogma". Life mask $50 plus shipping
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Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz ; May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer, musician and actor. His stage and subsequent film and television careers spanned a total of 76 years, during which he made 31 musical films, several award winning television specials, and issued numerous recordings. He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute. He is particularly associated with Ginger Rogers, with whom he made ten films.
Fred Astaire life cast $50 (plus shipping)
Christian Bale life mask. This cast was made from a mold of the actors actual face. Bale appeared in many great movies such as American Psycho and Batman in the Dark Knight Trilogy $50 (plus shipping)
Beethoven life mask. $50 (plus shipping)
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized 17 December 1770 – died 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers.
Linda Blair "Regan" life mask. Star of the Exorcist $50 (plus shipping)
From the 1973 Horror movie: The Exorcist - Dick Smith creating a mold of Linda Blair's face.
Since melting audiences' hearts - at the age of six - in Steven Spielberg's beloved sci-fi blockbuster, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Drew Barrymore has emerged as one of the most endearing and talented actresses of her generation. Drew Blyth Barrymore was born in Culver City, California, to actors John Drew Barrymore and Jaid Barrymore.
Born: February 22, 1975 in Culver City, California, USA Color of cast is white.
Price $50 (plus shipping)
"I received the Drew cast today. It looks awesome!"
Bogart life mask. $50 (plus shipping)
Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American actor and is widely regarded as an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star in the history of American cinema.
David Bowie Life Mask Cast "The Hunger"
A fantastic David Bowie life face cast mask.
originally used as a makeup tester for the 1983 movie "The Hunger"...
In fantastic detail to Bowie's face, down to the face pores, skin lines.
Cast to order to a high standard, smooth edges, curved forehead can be wall-mounted. A truly
Fantastic cast.
David Bowie had a couple of life masks done, 1 in 1975 The Man Who Fell To Earth, and this one in 1983 The Hunger
David Bowie life cast: $40 (plus shipping)
This is a half face life cast of a younger Marlon Brando.
Marlon Brando is widely considered the greatest movie actor of all time, rivaled only by the more theatrically oriented Laurence Olivier in terms of esteem. Unlike Olivier, who preferred the stage to the screen, Brando concentrated his talents on movies after bidding the Broadway stage adieu in 1949, a decision for which he was severely when his star began to dim in the 1960s and he was excoriated for squandering his talents. No actor ever exerted such a profound influence on succeeding generations of actors as did Brando. More than 50 years after he first scorched the screen as Stanley Kowalski in the movie version of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and a quarter-century after his last great performance as Col. Kurtz in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979), all American actors are still being measured by the yardstick that was Brando. Marlon Brando (younger) life mask. $50 (plus shipping)
...The young director believed there was only one actor who could play godfather to the group of Young Turk actors he had assembled for his film, The Godfather of method acting himself - Marlon Brando. Francis Ford Coppola won the fight for Brando, Brando won - and refused - his second Oscar, and Paramount won a pot of gold by producing the then top-grossing film of all-time, The Godfather (1972), a gangster movie most critics now judge one of the greatest American films of all time. Marlon Brando (older) life cast.
$50 (plus shipping)
James Francis Cagney Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an American actor and dancer, both on stage and in film. Known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing, he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of performances. He is remembered by some for playing multifaceted tough guys in films such as The Public Enemy (1931), Taxi! (1932), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The Roaring Twenties (1939) and White Heat (1949), finding himself typecast or limited by this reputation earlier in his career. He was able to negotiate dancing opportunities in his films and ended up winning the Academy Award his role in a musical (“Yankee Doodle Dandy”). In 1999 the American Film Institute ranked him eighth among its list of greatest male stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Orson Welles described Cagney as "maybe the greatest actor who ever appeared in front of a camera".
Cagney’s first appearance on stage was as a stand-in for his brother in a community theater production. Cagney had terrible stage fright and always had to keep a bucket with him.
life mask / life cast. $50 plus shipping
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July 17, 1899
New York City, U.S.
Died March 30, 1986 (aged 86)
Stanford, New York, U.S.
You may notice the "nick" out of the bottom left corner of the neck. The photo is of our original cast.
It is not a copy. So we made a mold, and your cast will faithfully reproduce the original down to every
detail, including this imperfection. Original cast is not for sale to anyone (but Bruce himself).
life mask / life cast. $50 plus shipping
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Candy rose to fame as a member of the Toronto branch of The Second City and its related Second City Television series, and through his appearances in comedy films such as Stripes, Splash, Cool Runnings, Summer Rental, The Great Outdoors, Spaceballs, and Uncle Buck. One of his most renowned onscreen performances was as Del Griffith, the loquacious, on-the-move shower-curtain ring salesman in the John Hughes comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
life mask / life cast. $50 plus shipping
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John Carradine (born Richmond Reed Carradine; February 5, 1906 – November 27, 1988) was an American actor, best known for his roles in horror films and Westerns as well as Shakespearean theater. A member of Cecil B. DeMille's stock company and later John Ford's company, he was one of the most prolific character actors in Hollywood history. He was married several times, had several children and was the patriarch of the Carradine family, including four of his sons and four of his grandchildren who are or were also actors.
John Carradine life mask / life cast. $50 plus shipping
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Creighton Tull Chaney (February 10, 1906–July 12, 1973), known by his stage name Lon Chaney Jr., was an American actor known for playing Larry Talbot in the 1941 film The Wolf Man and its various crossovers, and Count Alucard (son of Dracula) in numerous horror films produced by Universal Studios. He also portrayed Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men (1939). Originally referenced in films as Creighton Chaney, he was later credited as "Lon Chaney Jr." in 1935, and after 1941's Man Made Monster, beginning as early as The Wolf Man later that same year, he was almost always billed under his more famous father's name as Lon Chaney. Chaney had English, French, and Irish ancestry, and his career in movies and television spanned four decades, from 1931 to 1971.
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Frédéric François Chopin; French pronunciation: 22 February or 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849), born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era, who wrote primarily for the solo piano. He gained and has maintained renown worldwide as one of the leading musicians of his era, whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation
Chopin face mask. $89 (plus shipping)
On 17 October, after midnight, his physician leaned over him and asked whether he was suffering greatly. "No longer", he replied. He died a few minutes before two o'clock in the morning. Those present at the deathbed appear to have included his sister Ludwika, Princess Marcelina Czartoryska, Sand's daughter Solange, and Thomas Albrecht. Later that morning, Solange's husband Clésinger made Chopin's death mask and a cast of his left hand.
Chopin hand cast $49
$70 plus shipping
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SEAN CONNERY life mask
Sean Connery life mask $50 (plus shipping)
Tom Cruise life mask $50
Timothy James "Tim" Curry (born 19 April 1946) is an English actor, singer, composer and voice actor, known for his work in a diverse range of theatre, film and television productions, often portraying villainous roles or character parts. Curry first rose to prominence with his breakthrough portrayal of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1975 cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, reprising the role he had originated in the 1973 London and 1974 Los Angeles stage productions of The Rocky Horror Show. After Rocky Horror, Curry garnered acclaim for his supporting roles; as Rooster in the 1982 film adaptation of Annie, as the Lord of Darkness in the 1985 film Legend, and as Wadsworth in the film of the same year Clue; as well as for his starring roles, such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the 1980 Broadway production of Amadeus, as Pennywise the Clown in the 1990 horror miniseries It and as King Arthur in the 2005 Broadway production of Spamalot.
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Please contact us for more information. Please call (314) 556-0650 or email us for more photos or information. In 1976, Cushing was cast in Star Wars in the supporting part of Grand Moff Tarkin. Like all of the other actors portraying Galactic Imperial officers, he was presented with ill-fitting riding boots, which pinched his feet so much that he was given permission by director George Lucas to play the role wearing his slippers. As a result, the camera operators filmed him throughout the film only from the knees up, or else standing behind the table of the Death Star conference room set. This costuming discomfort aside, Cushing contrasted sharply with co-star Alec Guinness in that he enjoyed his experience on the film, appreciated the renewed interest in his work from young fans and only regretted that he could not appear in the sequels.
For the 2016 film Rogue One, CGI and digitally-repurposed-archive footage were used to insert Peter Cushing's likeness from the original movie over the body of actor Guy Henry. Henry provided the on-set capture and voice work with the reference material augmented and mapped over his performance like a digital body-mask. Cushing's estate owners were heavily involved with the creation which took place over twenty years after his death. This extensive use of CGI to "resurrect" an actor who had died decades ago created a great deal of controversy about the ethics of using a deceased actor's likeness. Joyce Broughton, Cushing’s former secretary, had approved recreating Cushing in the film. After attending the London premiere, she was reportedly "taken aback" and "dazzled" with the effect of seeing Cushing on screen again
JAMES DEAN "LIFE" MASK Plaster J. LESLIE ASHER Warner Bros. Movie Film GIANT 1956
A plaster James Dean "Life" Mask from the Warner Bros. 1956 epic movie "GIANT".
We are pleased to present this James Dean "Life" Mask for your consideration. It is just like the one purchased by Laurence and Sally Martin on the Travel Channel's hit reality TV show Baggage Battles (season 3 episode 9 titled "Two Faced", filmed in Stockton, California). The Mask was a featured item on the episode.
The Mask comes from the 1956 Warner Bros. movie Giant which starred Dean, Rock Hudson, and Elizabeth Taylor. During the course of this epic film, Dean needed to age 20 years. To accomplish this, the Art/Prop department took a life mask from Dean, and created plaster models of his face, to work out the makeup details of his age progression. Ours is made from one of the few models known to exist. Some were impressed "J. Leslie" at the top edge, into the surface of the plaster.
J. Leslie is J. Leslie Asher (1904-1986), from the Warner Bros. Art Department. He is listed on IMDB (Internet Movie Data Base) under Art Department / Props, for Giant. Although not too much is available about his life, he was in the industry for many years, and is also known for the design of the Ants in the classic Science Fiction movie "Them!".
This Mask is made from the first generation, having been taken from the actual Life Mask of Dean. During the Baggage Battles episode, the Mask is attributed to artist Kenneth Kendall, but the presence of the J. Leslie mark is left unexplained. Kendall had been requested by Dean to create a Life Mask for him, but Dean's unexpected death shortly after he finished filming Giant made that impossible. Instead, Kendall's famous Dean works were based on the Warner Bros. Life Mask and photographic images, and has only an indirect relationship to our Mask.
Several pictures taken by Sanford Roth, the Still Photographer on Giant show Dean sitting in front of a work bench, with Life Masks hanging on the wall behind him, including one of his own head (do a google image search on "James Dean" "Sanford Roth"). Once Warner had the original Life Mask, they were able to use it as a mold to create as many plaster models as they needed for their purposes (for example, to show the make up design needed for a particular scene in the movie).
The Mask is made of plaster and weighs approx. 3 pounds. It measures 10-1/2 inches high, 6-1/2 inches wide, and 5 inches deep.
Life mask of actor James Dean $60 (plus shipping)
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WC Fields life mask from a very old form. You can see that he is not very old here and this comes from the time he was in his prime as a Hollywood legend. This a highly collectible and rare item at a very reasonable price.
$50 (plus shipping)
Life mask / life cast of Benjamin Franklin $50 (plus shipping).
Length approx __ inches Benjamin Franklin cast: $50 (plus shipping).
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Brendan Fraser life mask / life cast $50
Life mask / life cast of Clark Cable $50 (plus shipping).
Length approx __ inches Clark Gable cast: $50 (plus shipping).
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Life mask / life cast of Paul Gauguin $50 (plus shipping).
measures 10½ x 8¾ inches
Self Portrait of Paul Gauguin $50 (plus shipping).
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Our cast is made from the original mold. It was created
during the filming of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It was used by
the Special Effects crew to make facial appliances from. They had several of these
hanging on the wall in the Magic Shop and Giles' apartment.
Length approx __ inches Buffy cast: $50 (plus shipping).
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information.
George Washington life mask 1785 President life cast
$50 (plus shipping).
Mel Gibson Life Cast Life Mask of Mel Gibson
Life mask / life cast Lethal Weapon The Expendables
$50 (plus shipping)
Life size $100 SALE: $60 (plus shipping)
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James Eugene "Jim" Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian and actor, comedian, and producer. This is a cast of Jim's face with the addition of
the FX teams prosthetics applied. This is one of the largest face casts we sell.
$60 (plus shipping)
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We also have the full body life size Han Solo in Carbonite cast. $1,900 plus $300 crating and shipping. Please contact us for shipping cost outside of the US. Please contact us for production/shipping time.
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Who could forget Mason Verger, the bad guy made infamous by Gary Oldman in the movie Hannibal.
This cast of Mason Verger's face, is last piece that you need to complete your macabre collection of Hollywood's Horror Faces.
This piece is not a mere sculpture... but a retool of actual prosthetics that were made for the film Hannibal, They were then adhered to the lifecast of Gary Oldman....a mold was made, and then a new piece was fabricated from there. $50 (plus shipping)
Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American
actress of film, stage, and television. We will never forget her performance in "On Golden Pond".
$50 (plus shipping)
Alfred Hitchcock life mask / life cast $50 (plus shipping)
Dustin Hoffman life mask / life cast $50 (plus shipping). Cast is available in white or gold.
Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG, KSS, (born Leslie Townes Hope; May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), was an English-born American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, author, and athlete who appeared on Broadway, in vaudeville, movies, television, and on the radio. He was noted for his numerous United Service Organizations (USO) shows entertaining American military personnel—he made 57 tours for the USO between 1941 and 1991. Throughout his long career, he was honored for this work. In 1997, the U.S. Congress declared him the "first and only honorary veteran of the U.S. armed forces". Cast is available in white only.
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Angelina Jolie life mask
Angelina Jolie, born Angelina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975), is an American actress, film director, screenwriter, and author. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and was named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by Forbes in 2009, 2011, and 2013. Jolie promotes humanitarian causes, and is noted for her work with refugees as a Special Envoy and former Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). She has been cited as the world's "most beautiful" woman by various media outlets, a title for which she has received substantial publicity
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Boris Karlof life mask William Henry Pratt (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969), better known by his stage name Boris Karloff, was an English actor.
Karloff is best remembered for his roles in horror films and especially for his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939), which resulted in his immense popularity. His best-known non-horror role is as the Grinch, as well as the narrator, in the animated television special of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966). He also had a memorable role in the original Scarface (1932). For his contribution to film and television, Boris Karloff was awarded two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
$50 (plus shipping)
John Keats Life Mask
John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English Romantic poet. He was one of the main figures of the second generation of Romantic poets along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley despite his work having been in publication for only four years before his death.
John Keats life mask $40 (plus shipping)
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE CStJ (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English character actor, singer, and author. With a career spanning nearly 70 years, Lee was well known for portraying villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in a sequence of Hammer Horror films. His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), and Count Dooku in the second and third films of the Star Wars prequel trilogy (2002 & 2005).
Christopher Lee life cast / life mask $50 (plus shipping)
Val Kilmer 1:1 Life Mask -Batman
$50 (plus shipping)
According to an often-repeated story, the body of the young woman was pulled out of the Seine River at the Quai du Louvre in Paris around the late 1880s. Since the body showed no signs of violence, suicide was suspected.
A pathologist at the Paris morgue was, according to the story, so taken by her beauty that he had a mould make a wax plaster cast death mask of her face. It has been questioned whether the expression of the face could belong to a drowned person. According to other accounts, the mask was taken from the daughter of a mask manufacturer in Germany. The identity of the girl was never discovered. Claire Forestier estimated the age of the model at no more than 16, given the firmness of the skin.
In the following years, numerous copies were produced. The copies quickly became a fashionable morbid fixture in Parisian Bohemian society. Albert Camus and others compared her enigmatic smile to that of the Mona Lisa, inviting numerous speculations as to what clues the eerily happy expression in her face could offer about her life, her death, and her place in society.
The popularity of the figure is also of interest to the history of artistic media, relating to its widespread reproduction. The original cast had been photographed, and new casts were created back from the film negatives. These new casts displayed details that are usually lost in bodies taken from the water, but the apparent preservation of these details in the visage of the cast seemed to only reinforce its authenticity.
The face of the unknown woman was used for the head of the first aid mannequin Resusci Anne. It was created by Peter Safar and Asmund Laerdal in 1958 and was used starting in 1960 in numerous CPR courses. Therefore, the face has been called by some "the most kissed face" of all time. Our cast is available in large size and also available in Small. The large size is approx. 2/3 original size and the small is approx. half original size.
We do not have the full life size at this time.
The Large size cast is made from
an antique Karlsruhe Majolika Art Deco Death Mask. The piece is about 7" tall, and 4 7/8" wide at the widest point.
It's a very beautiful little work of art with a sad history. I can provide more pictures upon request.
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Half size cast: $20 *available in white only (plus shipping)
(plus shipping)
Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English stage and film actor and director.
Laughton was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and first appeared professionally on the stage in 1926. In 1927, he was cast in a play with his future wife Elsa Lanchester, with whom he lived and worked until his death; they had no children. He played a wide range of classical and modern parts, making a big impact in Shakespeare at the Old Vic. His film career took him to Hollywood, but he also collaborated with Alexander Korda on some of the most notable British films of the era, including The Private Life of Henry VIII.
Among Laughton's biggest film-hits were The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Mutiny on the Bounty, Ruggles of Red Gap, Jamaica Inn, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Big Clock.
1:1 life mask of Heath Ledger Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian actor and director. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger left for the United States in 1998 to develop his film career. His work comprised nineteen films, including 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), The Patriot (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Monster's Ball (2001), Ned Kelly (2003), The Brothers Grimm (2005), Lords of Dogtown (2005), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Casanova (2005), Candy (2006), I'm Not There (2007), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009). He also produced and directed music videos and aspired to be a film director The cast measures approx.
6" wide x 9" tall x about 4 1/2" thick. $50 (plus shipping)
Robert E Lee (1807 - 1870). Robert E. Lee Is respected by all for his integrity in leadership. "Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, You should never wish to do less." Lee.
The original cast was taken Oct 12th, 1870 by Clark Mills immediately upon General Lee's Death.
Lee graduated from West Point in 1829 second in his class. In 1831 he married Mary, Daughter of the adopted son of George Washington.
In 1861 Lee was strongly against secession but felt obliged to be on the side of Virginia his home state. Federal Authorities offered Lee the command of the Army to invade the South. Lee refused and went to Richmond. He was made a Brigadier General in the Confederate Service
The original death mask of Robert E. Lee was taken by American sculptor Clark Mills upon Lee’s death in Lexington, VA on October 12, 1870. This copy of the mask is on display at the Museum of the Confederacy – Appomattox.
Robert E. Lee life cast $50 (plus shipping)
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Russian) born April 22 (one source gives April 10th) 1870 – 21 January 1924), born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, was a Russian revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks,
he headed the Soviet state during its initial years (1917–1924), as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian
Civil War and worked to create a socialist economic system.
As a politician, Vladimir Lenin was a persuasive orator, as a political scientist his extensive theoretic and philosophical
developments of Marxism produced Marxism–Leninism, the pragmatic Russian application of Marxism.
Lenin's body remains on display even today in
Lenin's Tomb (Lenin's Mausoleum) We offer this cast replica which was made from a mold of Lenin's face after he died. $60 plus shipping.
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David Letterman life cast. $50 plus shipping
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Customer Review: "We received the Jerry Lewis life masks.
Excellent work. Thanks very much for taking the time.
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Peter Lorre Life Mask Bogart said that Peter Lorre was one of the greatest actors of the time. a true Hollywood legend. This mask was made for use during the making of the Disney movie 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea with Kirk Douglas $50 (plus shipping)
Roddy McDowall Planet Of The Apes Life Mask Life Cast
$50 (plus shipping)
Chloe Moretz Life Mask Life Cast
Dark Shadows / Let The Right One In / Carrie This is a lifecast life mask of Actress Chloe Moretz (Carrie,Dark Shadows,)
It was created for special effects purposes and captures every detail of her face (wrinkles and pores,etc) $80 (plus shipping)
Napoleon Bonaparte life mask
In February 1821, his health began to fail rapidly, and on 3 May two British physicians who had recently arrived attended him and could only recommend palliatives. He died two days later, after confession, Extreme Unction and Viaticum in the presence of Father Ange Vignali.
His last words were, "France, armée, tête d'armée, Josephine." ("France, army, head of the army, Joséphine.")
Napoleon's original death mask was created around 6 May,
though it is not clear which doctor created it.
It was customary to cast a death mask or mold of a leader. Four genuine death masks of
Napoleon are known to exist: one in The Cabildo, a state museum located in New Orleans, one
in a Liverpool museum, another in Havana and one in the library of the University of North
Carolina.
During the time of Napoleon, it was customary to cast a death mask or mould of a great leader who had recently died.
A mixture of wax or plaster was carefully placed over Napoleon's face and removed after the form had hardened.
From this impression, subsequent copies were cast.
The British Tory press sometimes depicted Napoleon as much smaller than average height, and
this image persists. Confusion about his height also results from the difference between the French pouce and British inch—2.71 and 2.54 cm respectively; he was about 1.7 metres (5 ft 7 in) tall, average height for the period.
Napoleon's height was 5 ft 2 French inches according to Antommarchi at Napoleon's autopsy and British sources put his height at 5 ft 7 British inches: both equivalent to 1.7 m.
Napoleon Bonaparte death mask (cast) measures approx 13 inches long (top of head to bottom of neck) and 5 1/2 inches wide. Cast is available in white only.
$50 (plus shipping)
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Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson (1758 - 1805)
Nelson was a British naval commander and national hero, famous for his naval victories against the French during the Napoleonic Wars.
Born on 29 September 1758 in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, Horatio Nelson was the sixth of the 11 children of a clergyman. He joined the navy aged 12, on a ship commanded by a maternal uncle. He became a captain at 20, and saw service in the West Indies, Baltic and Canada. He married Frances Nisbet in 1787 in Nevis, and returned to England with his bride to spend the next five years on half-pay, frustrated at the lack of a command.
When Britain entered the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793, Nelson was given command of the Agamemnon. He served in the Mediterranean, helped capture Corsica and saw battle at Calvi (where he lost the sight in his right eye). He would later lose his right arm at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1797.
As a commander he was known for bold action, and the occasional disregard of orders from his seniors. This defiance brought him victories against the Spanish off Cape Vincent in 1797, and at the Battle of Copenhagen four years later, where he ignored orders to cease action by putting his telescope to his blind eye and claiming he couldn't seen the signal to withdraw.
At the Battle of the Nile in 1798, he successfully destroyed Napoleon's fleet and thus his bid for a direct trade route to India. Nelson's next posting took him to Naples, where he fell in love with Emma, Lady Hamilton. Although they remained in their respective marriages, Nelson and Emma Hamilton considered each other soul-mates and had a child together, Horatia, in 1801. Earlier that same year, Nelson was promoted to vice-admiral.
Over the period 1794 to 1805, under Nelson's leadership, the Royal Navy proved its supremacy over the French. His most famous engagement, at Cape Trafalgar, saved Britain from threat of invasion by Napoleon, but it would be his last. Before the battle on 21 October 1805, Nelson sent out the famous signal to his fleet 'England expects that every man will do his duty'. He was killed by a French sniper a few hours later while leading the attack on the combined French and Spanish fleet. His body was preserved in brandy and transported back to England where he was given a state funeral.
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$50 (plus shipping)
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A great find, tucked away in storage for years this rare cast once again sees the light of day.
Shown here is our original cast of Jack in "The Shining".
Though the cast you see here is a light brown, your cast will be white.
This was made for the scene of his characters death at the end of the movie. The specks you see on this face cast are "snow". The cast measures 9" tall by 5" wide.
Jack Nicholson "Grinning" cast
This cast measures 10" High X 5.75" Wide X 4" Deep.
$50 (plus shipping)
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Gary Oldman
This is a life cast life mask of Actor, Gary Oldman (Dracula, Dark Knight Rises,)
Life Cast Life Mask of Gary Oldman
Leon / Dark Knight /Rise of the planet of the Apes
$50 (plus shipping)
Pacino starred in such movies as "Scarface" and "The Devil's Advocate"
$50 plus shipping
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Paul Gauguin
Vintage Paul Gauguin Death Mask Cast Resin Antique Face
Artist Paul Gauguin
was born
Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin. Gauguin was a French post-Impressionist artist. Unappreciated until after his death, Gauguin is now recognized for his experimental use of color and Synthetist style that were distinctly different from Impressionism. Toward the end of his life, he spent ten years in French Polynesia, and most of his paintings from this time depict people or landscapes from that region.
Lived: Jun 07, 1848 - May 08, 1903 (age 54)
Nationality: French
Periods: Post-Impressionism · Primitivism · Modern art
Vintage Ceramic Death/Life Mask of Paul Gauguin on Base
Bronze painted face on custom base
Size: 11 1/2" x 9" x 4" total size with base
$50 plus shipping
Life cast of actor Vincent Price. A true mastor of Horror. Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor, well known for his distinctive voice and serio-comic performances in a series of horror films made in the latter part of his career.
Cast is available in white only.
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Leonard Nimoy life cast. See "Star Trek" lower on this page.
On his 1962 Oscar-winning role in To Kill A Mockingbird (1955), Peck said: "I put everything I had into it - all my feelings and everything I'd learned in 46 years of living, about family life and fathers and children. And my feelings about racial justice and inequality and opportunity."
Price $50 (plus shipping)
Original Studio made life mask and mold. Not for sale.
Julia Roberts 1:1 Life Mask - Star of Pretty Woman. Born: October 28, 1967 in Smyrna, Georgia, USA
Julia Fiona Roberts never dreamed she would become the most popular actress in America. She was born in Smyrna, Georgia, to Betty Lou (Bredemus) and Walter Grady Roberts, one-time actors and playwrights, and is of English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, German, and Swedish descent. As a child, due to her love of animals, Julia originally wanted to be a veterinarian, but later studied journalism. When her brother, Eric Roberts, achieved some success in Hollywood, Julia decided to try acting. Her first break came in 1988 when she appeared in two youth-oriented movies Mystic Pizza (1988) and Satisfaction (1988).
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Barbara Streisand life cast. This was made at a very young age (around the "Funny Girl" era).
Barbara Streisand life cast $50 (plus shipping)
Sherman as a major general in May 1865. The black ribbon of mourning on his left arm is for U.S. President Lincoln.
Sherman: General Tecumseh Sherman
Military commander
William Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65), for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States. This is a
reproduction death mask of General Sherman. This of the entire head and upper chest. Lifesize. $100 (plus shipping)
Alicia Silverstone life cast $50 (plus shipping)
Star Trek:
Nimoy's most famous role is that of Spock in the original Star Trek
$50 (plus shipping)
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Star Trek Patrick Stewart, Locutus of Borg life cast. This is a rare cast. While most of the life casts we
sell are the front and side of the head only, this cast is the whole head.
The cast is available unpainted only.
Unpainted Patrick Stewart cast: $80 (plus shipping)
Painted Patrick Stewart cast shown here painted. Please note, this cast is available unpainted only.
Grady Stiles Jr. "Lobster boy" hand life cast David Cavaliere, who lives and runs his studio in Tampa, Fl. cast this hand off of Grady Stiles several years ago.
Grady Stiles, Jr. was a famous freak show performer known as Lobster Boy. He was also a wife-beater and convicted murderer. His own family hired a hitman to kill him. You may have seen the story on City Confidential. This is a cast of the hand of his son, who has the same deformity.
$70 (plus shipping)
Available in white only. $50 (plus shipping).
Would you like a life cast not listed on this page please contact us. We have hundreds of life casts.
This is a very detailed life mask of actress Uma Thurman. This cast is made of hydrocal and has a sturdy hook in back ready to hang. This was made from an original mold taken from Thurman's face. $50 (plus shipping).
Customer review: "I arrived at my son's home in Canada yesterday and the package was waiting for me. Thank you for your excellent service, and for a very good product."
Cast is available in white only. $50 (plus shipping)
George Washington life mask 1785 President life cast
$50 (plus shipping).
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Abraham Lincoln life mask
Fred Astaire life cast / life mask
Christian Bale Batman life mask / life cast
Beethoven life mask / life cast
Linda Blair life mask "The Exorcist"
Drew Barrymore life mask
Drew Barrymore life mask.
Star of E.T. and Charlies Angels.
Humphrey Bogart life mask / life cast
Marlon Brando (1924–2004) life mask / life cast
Died: July 1, 2004 (age 80) in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA
James Cagney life mask (life cast)
Bruce Campbell life mask (life cast)
Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American film and television actor, director, writer, producer and author. As a cult film actor, Campbell is
best known for his role as Ashley J. "Ash" Williams
in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead series.
John Candy life mask (life cast)
John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian.
John Carradine life mask (life cast)
Lon Chaney life mask / life cast
Lon Chaney Jr.
Chopin life mask / life cast
John Cleese life mask (life cast)
Tim Curry life mask (life cast)
Peter Cushing life mask (life cast)
James Dean life mask (life cast)
Benjamin Franklin Life Mask
Life cast of Benjamin Franklin taken from the same mold used by Madame Tussaud's wax museum.
Width approx 6 inches wide
Clark Gable Life Mask
Life cast of Clark Gable taken from the 1930s Gone with the Wind Era.
Width approx 6 inches wide
Paul Gauguin Death Mask / Self Portrait Of Paul Gauguin
Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin; 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French post-Impressionist artist. Unappreciated until after his death, Gauguin is now recognized for his experimental use of color and Synthetist style that were distinct from Impressionism. Toward the end of his life, he spent ten years in French Polynesia, and most of his paintings from this time depict people or landscapes from that region.
Gellar, Sarah Michelle Gellar. Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Ringer life mask - rare!
Sarah Michelle Gellar life mask / life cast.
Width approx 6 inches wide
Gorilla life cast / death cast
Gorilla Life mask / death mask of an adult male gorilla. 
Grinch: Jim Carrey "The Grinch" life cast
Life cast of Jim Carrey as "The Grinch" (2000). 
Gwynne: Fred Gwynne life mask (life cast)
Life mask of actor Fred Gwynne best known for his role as Herman Munster. Gwynne also starred in "Car 54 Where are you?" and
"Pet Semetary"
"I have received the mask. It's very nice. Thank you" 
Han Solo / Harrison Ford as Han Solo life mask (life cast)
Hannibal: "Mason Verger" from the movie Hannibal
Hepburn: Katharine Hepburn life cast / life mask
Life mask / Life cast of Katherine Hepburn.
Dustin Hoffman life mask / life cast
Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable characters
Bob Hope life cast / life mask
Life mask / Life cast of Bob
Hope
Jolie: Angelina Jolie life mask
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Boris Karlof life mask
L'Inconnue de la Seine (French for "the unknown woman of the Seine") life cast / death cast
L'Inconnue de la Seine (French for "the unknown woman of the Seine") was an unidentified young woman whose death mask became a popular fixture on the walls of artists' homes after 1900. Her visage was the inspiration for numerous literary works. In the United States, the mask is also known as "La Belle Italienne".
Heath Ledger (actor; The Joker in Batman) life mask
Lenin Death mask
Lenin Death mask
David Letterman life mask (life cast)
David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host and comedian. He hosts the late night television talk show, Late Show with David Letterman, broadcast on CBS. Letterman has been a fixture on late night television since the 1982 debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC. Letterman recently surpassed friend and mentor Johnny Carson for having the longest late-night hosting career in the United States of America 
Jerry Lewis life mask (life cast)
Life cast from a mold of actor Jerry Lewis. Lewis starred in such movies as "The Nutty Professor"
Napoleon Bonaparte life mask
Nelson: Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson (1758 - 1805) death cast life mask
Jack Nicholson "The Shining" life mask
Jack Nicholson Grinning life mask
Al Pacino life mask (life cast)
Life cast from a mold of actor Al Pacino. 
Vincent Price life mask
Gregory Peck life mask
Poltergeist: Heather O'Rourke life cast
Heather O'Rourke life cast, who played Carol Anne in all three Poltergeist films.
Barbara Streisand life mask
Alicia Silverstone life mask
Alicia Silverstone life mask. Alicia played "Cher" in the movie "Clueless" (1995) and "Batgirl" in Batman & Robin (1997). Alicia is also well known from being in two Aerosmith videos: "Cryin'" (1993) and "Amazing" (1993). Alicia now helps promote PETA. 
Leonard Nimoy life cast
Leonard Nimoy life cast.
William Shatner life cast
Patrick Stewart cast
Grady Stiles "Lobster boy" hand cast
Gene Simmons KISS
Uma Thurman, star of "Kill Bill" life mask.
Christopher Walken life mask
Christopher Walken life mask. Star of "The Prophecy" (1995)"Stepford wives" (2004), "Catch me if you can" (2002)
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