#319 • Johnny Johnson "Denali Greets the Dawn", "Splish Splash", "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 7:45 PM AKST

Category: Art

Six signed photographs by Alaska wildlife photographer Johnny Johnson (1947–2025). The first work is entitled "Sacred Ground" c.2014, numbered 383/950. 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 second is titled "Denali Greets the Dawn" c.2008, numbered 916/950. 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.” The third is titled "Go Fetch" c.2012, numbered 65/950. Johnson describes the scene: “A smart pair of red foxes located their den fifty feet from the ranger's cabin at the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary. The foxes chose a strategic site where humans could help protect the den while they were off hunting. The six pups were hard to photograph when out of the den, they moved so quickly. My persistence paid off when I caught this single pup bringing a stick onto the den mound. The stick didn't last long.” The fourth is entitled "Lamb Chop" c.2012, numbered 15/950, showing a lamb playfully standing on the back of a Dall sheep ewe. The fifth is titled "Splish Splash" c.2012, numbered 42/950. Johnson describes the scene: “A young grizzly bear cools off in the river on a hot day. Taken at the McNeil River Bear Sanctuary-Alaska in June.” The last is titled "Snow Bunny" c.1991, numbered 268/950. 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.” All pieces are signed, dated, and numbered in the lower left corner in gold leaf ink and printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Supergloss paper. A care guide and artist biography are included on the reverse. Each one is shrink-wrapped on board, and each measures approximately 11.5" x 14.5".