#321 • Johnny Johnson "Mallards in the Mist", "Lamb Chop", "Sacred Ground" 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 7:46 PM AKST

Category: Art

Six signed photographs by Alaska wildlife photographer Johnny Johnson (1947–2025). The first work is entitled "Go Fetch" c.2012, numbered 78/950. 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 second is an artist's proof titled "Mallards in the Mist" c.2004, an atmospheric composition of a flock of ducks taking flight through heavy, pink mist. The third is "Lamb Chop" c.2012, numbered 16/950, showing a lamb playfully standing on the back of a Dall sheep ewe. The fourth work is entitled "Sacred Ground" c.2014, numbered 380/950. 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 fifth is an untitled artist's proof dated 2004, depicting a school of Chinook salmon captured mid-migration during a salmon run. The last is titled "Snow Bunny" c.1991, numbered 311/950. 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 and dated in gold leaf ink in the lower left or right corner. The photographs are 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 each measures approximately 11.5" x 14.5".