Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

American, 1920-2019

Frances Ynez Johnston (May 12, 1920 – 2019) was an American painter, sculptor, printmaker and educator. Her artwork is modernist and abstract with a narrative of imaginative lands or creatures, and often featuring collage. Johnston was born on May 12, 1920, in Berkeley, California. She attended University of California, Berkeley to study with Worth Ryder and received her bachelor of fine arts in 1941. She traveled to Mexico in the early 1940s to continue her studies, returning to Berkeley in 1943, earning her Masters of Fine Arts in 1946. In 1960 she married novelist and poet John Berry. In the years following she produced prints through the Tamarind Lithography Workshop. Johnston started teaching art classes at various universities and colleges in 1950 and ended teaching in 1980.[8] She began at University of California, Berkeley (1950–1951) and then continued her teaching career at Colorado Springs Fine Art Center (1954–1955), Chouinard Art Institute (1956), California State College (1966–1967, 1969, 1973), the University of Jerusalem (1967), and Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design (1978–1980). Her work is featured in various permanent collections including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Spencer Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, Fullerton College, the McNay Art Museum, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and others. Johnston was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1952 for fine art, which allowed her travel to Italy. In 1955–1956 she was awarded the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant for painting and printmaking, and was awarded the National Endowment for the Art (NEA) grant in 1976 and 1986. In addition to her intricate prints and paintings, Johnston also created three dimensional pieces in collaboration with her husband and with ceramic sculptor Adam Mekler. Her watercolors, oils and etchings of the 1950s and 1960s were rich with complex imagery, and displayed a disciplined, restrained use of color. In later mixed-media pieces, she examined the tactile qualities of surface. Her paintings incorporated soil, acrylic, dyes, encaustic on cloth, canvas, and raw silk. Composite forms suggest ambiguous architectural, human, animal and plant shapes. Johnston cited Persian and Indian miniatures as influences but also drew inspiration from European abstract artists Matisse, Miro, Klee and Picasso. Ynez Johnston died in 2019 in Los Angeles, California.

Artist: Ynez Johnston

Ynez Johnston'Tribal Coast', Expressionist Woman artist, Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim, 1964

$2,250

'Tribal Coast', Expressionist Woman artist, Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim

By Ynez Johnston

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Signed lower right, 'Ynez Johnston' (American, b. 1920) and dated 1964; additionally inscribed 'imp' lower right, titled lower center 'Tribal Coast' with number and limitation, 198/2...

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1960s Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Engraving

Ynez JohnstonUNTITLED

$1,400

UNTITLED

By Ynez Johnston

Located in Portland, ME

Johnston, Ynez. UNTITLED. Etching, not dated (but likely 1950s). Edition of 20, signed in pencil and numbered 4/20. 6 7/8 x 9 inches (plate), 8 x 10 5/8 inches (sheet). In excellent ...

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1950s Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Ynez JohnstonDYNASTIC SCENE

$1,800

DYNASTIC SCENE

By Ynez Johnston

Located in Portland, ME

Johnston, Ynez (American, 1920-2019). DYNASTIC SCENE. Colored etching, not dated. Edition of 50, numbered, titled, and signed in pencil. 11 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches (Plate), 16 1/2 x 12 3/...

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Mid-20th Century Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Craig McPhersonOcean Terminal I Mezzotint Print, Contemporary, Signed, Ed 45, 1990s, 1994

$3,400

H 29.88 in W 30 in

Ocean Terminal I Mezzotint Print, Contemporary, Signed, Ed 45, 1990s

By Craig McPherson

Located in New Orleans, LA

Craig McPherson captures a night view of the neon lights from commercial signs reflected in the water at Ocean Terminal in Kowloon, as seen from the terminal of the Star Ferry to cen...

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1990s Contemporary Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint

April GornikApril Gornik - Tropical Drift, Color direct gravure with spit bite aquatint S/N, 1998

$5,500

H 32 in W 40 in D 1.5 in

April Gornik - Tropical Drift, Color direct gravure with spit bite aquatint S/N

By April Gornik

Located in New York, NY

April Gornik Tropical Drift, 1998 Exquisite color direct gravure with spitbite aquatint on Somerset Satin white paper Pencil signed, dated, titled and numbered 11/40 by April Gornik ...

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1990s Abstract Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Aquatint

Enrico BajEnrico Baj (1924 - 2003) - Colour etching on foil and Fabriano paper - 1968, 1968

$590

H 19.69 in W 14.18 in

Enrico Baj (1924 - 2003) - Colour etching on foil and Fabriano paper - 1968

By Enrico Baj

Located in Varese, IT

Colour etching on foil and Fabriano paper, edited in 1968. Limited edition of 25 pieces, numbered as 19/25 in lower left corner. Hand-signed in pencil by artist in lower right corner...

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1960s Abstract Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Etching

Salvador DalíTéléphone-homard cybernétique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), 1975

$22,800Sale Price|20% Off

H 28.5 in W 21 in

Téléphone-homard cybernétique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)

By Salvador Dalí

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Téléphone-homard cybernétique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Cybernetic lobster phone, Imaginatio...

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1970s Surrealist Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen

Thomas NozkowskiUntitled #2, 2011

$4,500

H 22 in W 28 in

Untitled #2

By Thomas Nozkowski

Located in New York, NY

For over thirty years, Nozkowski has practiced his own form of idiosyncratic abstraction, foregoing a signature style or subject matter in favor of seemingly limitless variations in ...

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2010s Abstract Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Salvador DalíLocomotion paradisiaque intra-utérine (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), 1975

$4,400Sale Price|20% Off

H 28.5 in W 21 in

Locomotion paradisiaque intra-utérine (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)

By Salvador Dalí

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Locomotion paradisiaque intra-utérine (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Paradise intrauterine locomo...

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1970s Surrealist Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen

Salvador DalíPlanetary And Scatologic Vision, 1974

$4,000

H 48.5 in W 37.75 in D 2 in

Planetary And Scatologic Vision

By Salvador Dalí

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish surrealist, 1904-1989) Title: Planetary and Scatologic Vision Year: 1974 Medium: Engraving with embossing and color lithograph Edition: Numbered...

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Late 20th Century Surrealist Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Lithograph

Salvador DalíAntiombrelle à atomiseurs de liquides (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), 1975

$8,400Sale Price|20% Off

H 28.5 in W 21 in

Antiombrelle à atomiseurs de liquides (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)

By Salvador Dalí

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Antiombrelle à atomiseurs de liquides (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Liquid atomizer anti-shade, ...

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1970s Surrealist Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen

Thomas NozkowskiUntitled #5, 2012

$4,500

H 21.875 in W 29.75 in

Untitled #5

By Thomas Nozkowski

Located in New York, NY

2012, 4-plate aquatint with 22 colors, 21 7/8 x 29 3/8 inches, edition of 25 For over thirty years, Nozkowski has practiced his own form of idiosyncratic abstraction, foregoing a si...

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21st Century and Contemporary Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Georg BaselitzSerpentine (blue) - Contemporary, Abstract, Figure, Women, fragile, 2022/23

$3,517

H 20.28 in W 15.28 in

Serpentine (blue) - Contemporary, Abstract, Figure, Women, fragile

By Georg Baselitz

Located in Köln, DE

Aquatint in colours with sugar lift "Serpentine" (blue) by Georg Baselitz from 2022/23. The edition on Somerset White Satin comprises 50 copies in blue / 50 copies in green. The ...

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2010s Contemporary Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Color, Etching, Aquatint

Leo GuidaAbstract Composition - Original Etching by Leo Guida - 1970s, 1970s

$283

H 19.69 in W 13.78 in D 0.04 in

Abstract Composition - Original Etching by Leo Guida - 1970s

By Leo Guida

Located in Roma, IT

Abstract Composition is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil. Original e...

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1970s Contemporary Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Nino CordioAbstract Composition (Blue Landscape with Red... - Etching by Nino Cordio - 1971, 1971

$401

H 19.69 in W 28.35 in D 0.4 in

Abstract Composition (Blue Landscape with Red... - Etching by Nino Cordio - 1971

By Nino Cordio

Located in Roma, IT

Color etching and aquatint on wove paper. Signed and dated lower right “Cordio 71”; numbered lower left. Edition of 45. This evocative color etching by Sicilian artist Nino Cordio ...

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1970s Contemporary Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Previously Available Items

Ynez JohnstonTHE COSMIC MOUNTAIN, 1981

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H 28 in W 22 in

THE COSMIC MOUNTAIN

By Ynez Johnston

Located in Portland, ME

Johnston, Ynez. THE COSMIC MOUNTAIN. Etching in colors printed from two plates, 1981. Edition of 100, numbered 64/100, titled, signed, and dated, all in pencil. 18 x 11 3/4 inches (o...

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1980s Abstract Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Ynez JohnstonUNTITLED

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H 10 in W 25 in D 1 in

UNTITLED

By Ynez Johnston

Located in Portland, ME

Johnston, Ynez (American, 1920-2019). UNTITLED. Color woodcut, not dated. Edition size, if any, not known. Inscriibed "Trial Proof" in the left margin, and signed in pencil in the lo...

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Mid-20th Century Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Ynez JohnstonTHE TROJAN WAR, about 1954

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H 12.5 in D 17.75 in

THE TROJAN WAR

By Ynez Johnston

Located in Santa Monica, CA

YNEZ JOHNSTON (b. 1920 - ) THE TROJAN WAR c. 1954 Color etching, Signed, titled and numbered 15/35 in pencil. 12 1/2 x 17 3/4, sheet ...

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1950s Abstract Expressionist Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Intaglio

Ynez JohnstonTHE SPANISH MAIN, 1963

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H 24 in W 18 in

THE SPANISH MAIN

By Ynez Johnston

Located in Portland, ME

Johnston, Ynez (American, born 1920). THE SPANISH MAIN. Etching and aquatint in colors, 1963. Edition of 35, signed, titled, numbered 1/35 and dated, all in pencil. Printed on laid p...

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1960s Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Ynez JohnstonTHE COSMIC MOUNTAIN, 1981

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H 28 in W 22 in

THE COSMIC MOUNTAIN

By Ynez Johnston

Located in Portland, ME

Johnston, Ynez. THE COSMIC MOUNTAIN. Etching in colors printed from two plates, 1981. Edition of 100, numbered 64/100, titled, signed, and dated, all in pencil. 18 x 11 3/4 inches (o...

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1980s Abstract Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Ynez JohnstonTHE TROJAN WAR

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H 16 in W 24 in

THE TROJAN WAR

By Ynez Johnston

Located in Portland, ME

Johnston, Ynez. THE TROJAN WAR. Etching, aquatint in colors, not dated. Edition of 35, numbered 1/35, and titled and signed, all in pencil. 12 1/2 in x 17 ...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Ynez JohnstonSTORM at SEA, 1955

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H 19.75 in W 13.25 in

STORM at SEA

By Ynez Johnston

Located in Santa Monica, CA

YNEZ JOHNSTON (b.1920- ) STORM AT SEA c. 1955 mixed deep intaglio, signed and numbered edition 55. 19 ¾ x 13 ¼”. Image good, color...

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1950s Abstract Geometric Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Intaglio

Ynez JohnstonUNTITLED, c.1950

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H 6.875 in W 9 in

UNTITLED

By Ynez Johnston

Located in Santa Monica, CA

YNEZ JOHNSTON (b. 1920) UNTITLED c. 1950. Etching with plate tone. 6 7/8 x 9. Signed and numbered in pencil 4/20. Rare early work by Johnston. $800 ...

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1950s Surrealist Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Ynez JohnstonUNTITLED, c. 1950

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H 5.875 in W 7.875 in

UNTITLED

By Ynez Johnston

Located in Santa Monica, CA

YNEZ JOHNSTON (b. 1920) UNTITLED Etching with plate tone. Signed in pencil no. 3/10? in pencil. 5 7/8 x 7 7/8. Very rare early work by Johnston, possibly as e...

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1950s Surrealist Ynez Johnston Prints and Multiples

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Etching

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