Edward Curtis Orotone. CURTIS, EDWARD S. 1868-1952. The Maid of Dreams, c.1909. Orotone, signed ('Curtis') and copyright and 'R8-09' in the negative, framed in period[?] frame (backing renewed, unexamined out of frame). 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm) Overall 11 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (29.8 x 24.8 cm) Provenance: Curtis Seattle Studio label verso; from the collection of Dr. Billy T. Utley. Curtis created the image as an illustration for Marah Ellis Ryan's novel The Flute of the Gods, published by Frederick A. Stokes in New York in 1909 (appearing on p.130 of the first edition of that work). The image, a departure from the documentary-style portraits he created for The North American Indian, was created in the pictorialist style evoking a mythical motif. 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