Edward Curtis Orotone. CURTIS, EDWARD S. 1868-1952. Taos Water Girls, c.1905. Orotone, probably printed before 1920, signed in the negative ('Curtis'), framed in original Curtis Studios batwing-style frame (unexamined out of frame). 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm) Overall 19 x 15 3/4 in. (48.3 x 40 cm) Provenance: From the Collection of Dr. Billy T. Utley. The image was included in volume XVI of The North American Indian. In his field notes, Curtis remarked that the Pueblos 'evolved a cult that centers to a considerable extent in the desire for rain, consequently there were developed scores of ceremonies which had and still have as an important purpose the supplication of the cloud-gods for the beneficent showers and snows by which the tribal entity is conserved.' Literature: Edward S. Curtis: The North American Indian, the Complete Portfolios, Taschen, 1997, Vol. XVI, p. 596. Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing