#71 • Johnny Johnson "Night Goddess" & Harp Seal Artist's Proof Photographs

Part of The Johnny Johnson Estate Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

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Bidding closes Nov 3, 2026 6:23 PM AKST

Category: Art

Two signed Artist's Proof photographs by Alaska wildlife photographer Johnny Johnson (1947–2025). "Night Goddess", c.2004, shows curtains of green aurora above a dark winter landscape in Denali National Park. The artist's description reads: "Curtains of light shimmer across a winter sky above Denali National Park Headquarters. An intense solar storm provided the energy for this brilliant display. Commonly referred to as northern lights, these moving bands of color extend from forty to several hundred miles high. They were named by Galileo in 1619 after the Roman goddess, Aurora. The way the northern lights works is a lot like a neon sign, except that in the aurora the conducting gas is in the ionosphere, instead of a glass tube, and the current travels along magnetic field lines instead of along copper tubes. Some people see a polar bear in the aurora's shape - do you see it?" The second, untitled photograph, c.1993, depicts a harp seal pup at sunset in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia. The pale pup lies on broken sea ice washed in pink and lavender light, its dark eye and muzzle turned toward the viewer. Both are signed, dated, and marked A/P in gold leaf ink and printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Supergloss paper. The photographs are shrink-wrapped on board. The larger photograph measures approximately 16.5" x 20.5".