#199 • Johnny Johnson "Sacred Ground", "McKinley Summer" & "Reflections" Photographs

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

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Bidding closes Nov 3, 2026 7:06 PM AKST

Category: Art

Three signed and numbered photographs by Alaska wildlife photographer Johnny Johnson (1947-2025). The first work, "Sacred Ground", is dated circa 2014 and numbered 393/950. Johnson described the scene: "After months of cold and darkness, the icy grip of winter is but a distant memory. Fueled by the energy of eighteen hours of sunlight, new life explodes across the land. The cottongrass (arctic cotton) form a floral wreath around small kettle lakes-ancient relics of the last ice age-and twenty miles distant, the still ice covered mountains of Denali preside over the unfolding spectacle." The second work, "McKinley Summer", is dated circa 1996 and numbered 747/950. It shows arctic cottongrass framing the peaks. Johnson described the scene: "Cotton grass or Arctic cotton, grows in moist areas around tundra ponds. Some years, if the spring is extremely wet, it grows in profusion and provides a wonderful foreground for pictures of Mt. McKinley. To make this photograph, I used a 35mm lens and mounted my camera on a tripod. Because there was very little wind, I was able to use a slow shutter speed to achieve maximum depth of field." The third work, "Reflections", is dated circa 2006 and numbered 250/950. It shows Mt. McKinley reflected in Wonder Lake. Johnson described the scene: "Many people consider the view of Mt. McKinley from Wonder Lake to be a 'wilderness masterpiece'. They're right! It takes your breath away in any season, but in September as the caribou migrate through the multicolored tundra and the honking of thousands of sandhill cranes cracks the silence-it is truly magic." All pieces are signed, dated, and numbered in the lower left or right corner in gold leaf ink and printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Supergloss paper. Each one is shrink-wrapped on board, and the largest "Reflections" measures approximately 20.5" x 24".