#347 • Johnny Johnson "Sacred Ground", "Lazy Day", "Go Fetch" 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 7:54 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 90/950. 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 piece is entitled "Lamb Chop" c.2012, numbered 58/950, showing a lamb playfully standing on the back of a Dall sheep ewe. The third work is titled "Snow Bunny" c.1991, numbered 319/950. 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 fourth photograph is untitled, dated 1987 and numbered 199/450, depicting a brown bear fishing for salmon as it leaps up cascading waters. The fifth photograph is titled "Lazy Day" c.1997, numbered 69/950, depicting a red fox yawning and stretching. The final photograph is titled "Go Fetch" c.2012, numbered 62/950. 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.” All pieces are signed, dated, and numbered in the lower corner in gold leaf ink and printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Supergloss and Ilfochrome paper. A care guide and artist biography are included on the reverse. Each one is shrink-wrapped on board, and "Go Fetch" measures approximately 11.5" x 15.5".