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      • Oliver B. Johnson Jr. (b. 1948): Young Man with Hat
        Jul. 11, 2024

        Oliver B. Johnson Jr. (b. 1948): Young Man with Hat

        Est: $800 - $1,200

        Mixed media on paper, 1981, signed 'Olivier Johnson' and dated upper right, with label from O.B.J. Enterprises, Inc., NY and Gallery Felice, NY. 31 1/2 x 23 in. (sight), 41 3/4 x 31 1/2 in. (frame).

        STAIR
      • Oliver Johnson, b. 1948, untitled, Face
        Nov. 19, 2022

        Oliver Johnson, b. 1948, untitled, Face

        Est: $500 - $700

        Oliver Johnson b. 1948 untitled, Face 1998 ink drawing on paper 8 x 5-1/2 inches (image) signed and dated

        Black Art Auction
      • Oliver Johnson (Born: 1948) Artwork Lot of 5
        Apr. 30, 2022

        Oliver Johnson (Born: 1948) Artwork Lot of 5

        Est: $100 - $200

        Includes: is active and still lives in Jacksonville, Florida. Oliver Johnson is known for using paint, charcoal, and pen. Four realist drawings. Louis Armstrong abstract painting. Painting measures 34.5 x 33. 4 drawing papers measure 11 x 14. Born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1948, he began drawing as a young boy and kept drawing and painting through his troubled youth, though he spent much time in reform schools and prisons. During his confinement at Auburn prison, he taught art to his fellow inmates having taught himself by studying magazines and books in the prison library. In 1977 a New York television station was sent to cover a group show at the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Art and Cultural Center in Brooklyn and singled him out for a special segment. From then on his work was shown in galleries throughout the U.S.

        Searchlight Auction
      • Oliver Johnson, b. 1948, African Woman with Yellow Shawl, Oil on canvas, 33.5 x 21 inches
        Nov. 14, 2020

        Oliver Johnson, b. 1948, African Woman with Yellow Shawl, Oil on canvas, 33.5 x 21 inches

        Est: $700 - $900

        Oliver Johnson b. 1948 African Woman with Yellow Shawl Oil on canvas 1976 Signed. Retains Galerie Felice, NYC label verso with title and date. Johnson was born in Jacksonville, FL and was self-taught as an artist. Johnson had a very turbulent youth and was in reform schools and prisons, including Sing-Sing and Attica. He took advantage of the art programs at the prisons. Artists like Cliff Joseph and Benny Andrews created programs of art therapy for the New York State prison system, and Johnson was one of the benefactors. Johnson painted a portrait of Louis Armstrong in Attica that received critical praise, and that encouragement turned his life around. “I felt things were happening and wanted to start to dictate my whereabouts...After the Louis Armstrong piece I knew I had to come home, to change, and I did.” (Syncopated Rhythms 20th Century African American Art from the George & Joyce Wein Collection, Boston University, 2005, p. 57). Gallery director Felice Balay and her husband Roland (former president of Knoedler Gallery) saw a television show featuring Johnson’s work and arranged a show for him at Wildenstein Gallery (1979). Johnson’s works are in the collections of Malcolm Forbes and Camille O. And William H. Cosby, and were featured on the set of The Cosby Show. More recently, his work was included in Black Romantic, Studio Museum in Harlem, 2002, p. 83; and Black New York Artists of the 20th Century Selections from the Schomburg Center Collections, NYPL, 1998; p. 47. 33.5 x 21 inches

        Black Art Auction
      • Oliver Johnson - Still Life Painting Green Apples
        Oct. 25, 2015

        Oliver Johnson - Still Life Painting Green Apples

        Est: $200 - $300

        Oliver Johnson - Still Life Painting Green Apples. Signed. Professionally framed. Measures 21 by 19 inches.

        Greenwich Auction
      • JOHNSON, Oliver. 1984 O/B "Piano Man"
        May. 04, 2009

        JOHNSON, Oliver. 1984 O/B "Piano Man"

        Est: $800 - $1,200

        depicting a jazz pianist. Signed and dated 84 upper right. Bears a Gallery Felicie label verso. Oliver Johnson, African-American, 1948 -. Dimensions: 20 x 16 Condition: good

        Clarke Auction Gallery
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