#295 • Johnny Johnson "Puffed Up", "Mother's Touch", "Snow Bunny" 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 7:37 PM AKST

Category: Art

Six signed photographs by Alaska wildlife photographer Johnny Johnson (1947–2025). The first work is entitled "Autumn Tundra" c.1981, numbered 209/950. Johnson describes the scene: “On a misty day in August I set out with my macro lens to capture the tundra in Denali National Park. I chanced upon an incredibly diverse patch of vegetation: bog berries, low bush cranberries, lichen moss and blueberries. The popularity of this image has led me to try and duplicate it, but I have never been able to find this particular combination of plants again.” The second is titled "Snow Bunny" c.1991, numbered 307/950. 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 third is untitled, dated 1987 and numbered 189/450, depicting a brown bear fishing for salmon as it leaps up cascading waters. The fourth work is titled "Lamb Chop" c.2012, numbered 14/950, showing a lamb playfully standing on the back of a Dall sheep ewe. The fifth is an artist's proof titled "Puffed Up," c.1992, numbered 14/95. 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.” The last is titled "Mother's Touch" c.2000, numbered 119/950. Johnson describes the scene: “On the broken ice floes of Hudson Bay in northeast Canada, a female polar bear comforts her two cubs as the wind and falling temperatures begin to wear them down.” All pieces are signed, dated, and numbered in the lower left corner in gold leaf ink and printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Supergloss or Ilfochrome paper. A care guide and artist biography appear on the reverse of most prints. Each one is shrink-wrapped on board, and the largest measures approximately 12" x 15".