Jun 11, 2020 - Sale 2536

Sale 2536 - Lot 72

Price Realized: $ 13,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)
Maid of Dreams. Orotone, the plate measuring 13 5/8x10 5/8 inches (34.6x27 cm.), the original Curtis frame 19x16 inches (48.3x40.6 cm.), with Curtis' signature and copyright in the plate; the frame with remnants of Curtis' title label and a typed provenance label (dated 1940), on verso. 1909

Additional Details

This orotone was formerly owned by Junius S. Morgan III, the grandson of J.P. Morgan, Curtis' patron. The provenance label on frame verso reads: "Presented to me by: Mr. Junius S. Morgan - 1940," and appears to be initialed.