#289 • Johnny Johnson "Sacred Ground", "Lazy Day", "Puffed Up" Photographs & More

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

Starting at $5.00

Status: Available

Bidding closes Nov 3, 2026 7:35 PM AKST

Category: Art

Six signed photographs by Alaska wildlife photographer Johnny Johnson (1947–2025). The first is untitled, dated 1987 and numbered 148/450, depicting a brown bear fishing for salmon as it leaps up cascading waters. The second photograph is titled "Lazy Day" c.1997, numbered 66/950, depicting a red fox yawning and stretching. The third is "Sacred Ground" c.2014, numbered 379/950. Johnson describes 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 fourth is titled "Snow Bunny" c.1991, numbered 314/950. Johnson describes the scene: “A snowshoe hare begins the color phase change from summer brown to winter white. I found this snowshoe hare in mid-October near Denali National Park. It was hiding behind a snow-covered log, feeding on willow branches. In this picture the bunny is munching away on a freshly snapped twig.” The fifth is "Puffed Up," c.1992, numbered 442/950. Johnson describes the scene: “Perched above the Bering Sea on the side of a rock cliff, a horned puffin waits for it's mate to return. Horned puffins spend most of their life at sea, coming to land in summer to breed and nest. This puffin was nesting inside a natural crevice on St. Paul Island in the Pribilof Islands.” Lastly, the sixth is titled "Denali Greets the Dawn" c.2008, numbered 917/950. Johnson describes the scene: “Sometimes rising at 5:00a.m. pays off! At the South end of Wonder Lake are some low rolling hills that offer spectacular vistas of Mt. McKinley (20,320'). My wife, Peggy was first to spot the three caribou bulls. Hidden behind some willows, I took several pics before they caught our scent and moved away.” All pieces are signed, dated, and numbered in the lower corner in gold leaf ink and printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Supergloss or Ilfochrome paper. A care guide and artist biography are included on the reverse. Each one is shrink-wrapped on board, and "Puffed Up" measures approximately 16" x 12".