Marie E. Johnson Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Marie E. Johnson Art Value Price Guide

Feb. 06, 2021
Marie Johnson Calloway, 1920-2018, Mother and Daughter
Est: $5,500 - $7,500
Marie Johnson Calloway 1920-2018 Mother and Daughter 1970 wood cut-out assemblage 47 x 27 inches signed on label verso
Black Art Auction
Jan. 21, 2021
Marie Johnson Calloway 'Nursery #1' Acrylic/Canvas
Est: $600 - $800
Marie Johnson Calloway, American (1920-2018). Acrylic on canvas 'Nursery #1' signed lower right, wood frame. Large arrangement of colorful flowers. Measures 37"H x 49"W framed; 35.5"H x 47.5"W unframed. Condition report: good condition, see photos. Contact AAG for more detailed information if needed. AAG is not responsible for any errors or omissions to any lots. All sales are final and sold as is. This lot cannot be shipped in house. For an instant guaranteed third party shipping quote through Quality Packing and Shipping visit: https://www.qualitypackship.com/abington-copy-1 or contact our other third party shippers.
Abington Auction Gallery
Dec. 10, 2020
MARIE JOHNSON CALLOWAY (1920 - 2018) Untitled (Abstracted Choir Singers).
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
MARIE JOHNSON CALLOWAY (1920 - 2018) Untitled (Abstracted Choir Singers). Mixed media on illustration board, circa 1965. 457x356 mm; 18x14 inches. Signed in pencil, lower left. Provenance: private collection, Florida. This is an fascinating early figurative work by Marie Johnson Calloway, the California artist and professor known for her use of collage and mixed-media in assemblages depicting everyday African Americans. Born and raised in Balitmore, she taught in public schools and earned a degree in art eduction from Morgan State College in 1952. Two years later Calloway moved to San Jose, California and earned a Master's Degree at San Jose State University, and a doctoral's equivalency from San Fransisco University. Active in the Civil Rights movement, Calloway became president of the San Jose chapter of the NCAAP, and was a participant in the historic 1965 march in Selma, Alabama. At this time, her work changed from abstraction to the figurative, and she began a body of work in collage, showing at the Brockman Gallery in Los Angeles.
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 16, 2020
Marie Johnson Calloway, 1920 - 2018, Mother and Daughter, wood cut-out assemblage, 47 x 27 inches
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
Marie Johnson Calloway 1920 - 2018 Mother and Daughter wood cut-out assemblage 1970 Signed on label verso 47 x 27 inches
Black Art Auction
Jan. 30, 2020
MARIE JOHNSON CALLOWAY (1920 - 2018) Family.
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
MARIE JOHNSON CALLOWAY (1920 - 2018) Family. Painted wood assemblage with collaged fabric and hair, mounted on board, 1968. Approximately 1423x914 mm; 56x36 inches. Provenance: the Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., Chicago. Illustrated: Ebony, December, 1973, p. 44. Family is an exceptional, early work by Marie Johnson Calloway, the Californian artist and art professor, best known for these collage and mixed-media assemblages depicting everyday people. Born and raised in Baltimore, Calloway taught in public schools, and graduated from Coppin Teachers College, Baltimore. She later earned a BA degree in art education from Morgan State College in Detroit in 1952. Then Calloway moved to San Jose, California and earned a Master's Degree at San Jose State University in 1968, and a doctoral's equivalency from San Fransisco University. Active in the Civil Rights movement, Calloway became president of the San Jose chapter of the NAACP, and was a participant in the historic 1965 march in Selma, Alabama. At this time, her work changed from abstraction to the figurative, and she began this body of work in collage, showing at the Brockman Gallery in Los Angeles. In 1969, she became an assistant professor at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and San Jose State University, and was included in Samella Lewis/Ruth Waddy's survey Black Artists on Art, Volume 1. From 1973 to 1983, she was an associate professor in the art department at San Francisco State University. In 1977, she had an important exhibition in conjunction with Betye Saar at the San Francisco Museum of Art. Recently in 2015, Calloway was the subject of the retrospective Marie Johnson Calloway: Legacy of Color at MoAD, the Museum of the African Diaspora, in San Francisco. Her work today is in the permanent collection of the California Museum of African American Art, Los Angeles, and was included in the recent 2012 traveling exhibition Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles 1960 - 1980. Lewis/Waddy pp. 58-59 and 125; Farrington p. 142; Jones p. 262.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 04, 2019
MARIE JOHNSON CALLOWAY (1920 - 1918) Atlanta.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
MARIE JOHNSON CALLOWAY (1920 - 1918) Atlanta. Collage of various printed fabric and papers, mounted on board, 1975. 757x280 mm; 29 3/4x11 inches. Signed in ink, lower center and lower right. Provenance: private collection, California; private collection, New Jersey.
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 18, 2017
Marie Johnson Calloway, (American, b. 1920), Mother and Daughter, wood cut-out assemblage, 47" x 27"
Est: $6,500 - $8,500
Marie Johnson Calloway (American, b. 1920) Mother and Daughter wood cut-out assemblage c. 1970 Signed on label verso. 47" x 27"
Ripley Auctions
Dec. 05, 2015
Marie Johnson Calloway, (American, b. 1920), Mother and Daughter, c. 1970, wood cut-out assemblage, 47" x 27"
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Marie Johnson Calloway (American, b. 1920) Mother and Daughter, c. 1970 wood cut-out assemblage signed on label verso 47" x 27"
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Apr. 20, 2015
Marie Johnson Calloway (American b.1920) Mixed Media
Est: $600 - $800
Collage and oil on artist board, signed and dated 1974 at the left margin. With certificate of provenance from the estate of Thomas Bostelle affixed at the reverse.
Locati LLC
Jun. 10, 2014
MARIE JOHNSON-CALLOWAY (1920 - ) Witch Doctor I.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
MARIE JOHNSON-CALLOWAY (1920 - ) Witch Doctor I. Collage of mixed media, including oil, hair, fur, leather, shell and beads, mounted on cotton canvas, 1969. 915x610 mm; 36x24 inches. Titled in ink, upper left verso. Provenance: the artist; Lusenhop Fine Art, Chicago, with the label on the frame back. This is an exceptional, early work by Marie Johnson-Calloway, a California artist and professor known for her use of collage and mixed-media in assemblages depicting everyday African Americans. Born and raised in Balitmore, she taught in public schools and earned a degree in art eduction from Morgan State College in 1952. Two years later Calloway moved to San Jose, California and earned a Master's Degree at San Jose State University, and a doctoral's equivalency from San Fransisco University. Active in the Civil Rights movement, Calloway beacame president of the San Jose chapter of the NCAAP, and was a participant in the historic 1965 march in Selma, Alabama. At this time, her work changed from abstraction to the figurative, and she began this body of work in collage, showing at the Brockman Gallery in Los Angeles. In 1969, she became an assistant professor at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and San Jose State University. From 1973 to 1983, she was an associate professor in the art department at San Francisco State University. In 1977, she had an important exhibtion in conjunction with her friend Betye Saar at the San Francisco Museum of Art. Her work today is in the permanent collection of the California Museum of African American Art, Los Angeles, and was included in the recent 2012 traveling exhibition Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles 1960 - 1980. Farrington p. 142; Jones p. 262.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 21, 2012
Marie Johnson Calloway, (African American; 1920 - ), Young Girl with Braids, Hair, fabric and mixed media on wood., 20 1/2" x 15 1/2...
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Marie Johnson Calloway (African American; 1920 - ) Young Girl with Braids Hair, fabric and mixed media on wood. c. 1970. Signed LR on fabric. Educator and artist, Marie Johnson-Calloway, depicts the "rough-hewn beauty of some of the people in my life" in realistic, representational terms using a variety of media such as weathered wood, worn clothing, and found objects. "As a black woman artist," she writes, "I wished to look beneath the misconceptions with which history had covered my people and me. The one connecting thread through all of my work is my perception of my own world (which, too, has been an odd mix), and my continuous effort to interpret it in a personal way." Born in Maryland, Mary Johnson-Calloway received degrees from Coppin Teachers College, Baltimore; Morgan State University, Baltimore; and San Jose State University, California, before settling down to teach. In fact, she was hired as the first African-American public school teacher in San Jose . In 1969, she became an assistant professor at both the California College of Arts & Crafts and San Jose State University . She continues to live and work in California . Currently her work has been included in the exhibition "Now Dig This: Art & Black Los Angeles" which opened at UCLA's Hammer Museum last winter and will travel to MoMA's PS1 museum this coming fall. 20 1/2" x 15 1/2" x 1"
Ripley Auctions
Oct. 07, 2010
MARIE JOHNSON-CALLOWAY (1920 - ) Nairobi, Queen of the Sixties.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
MARIE JOHNSON-CALLOWAY (1920 - ) Nairobi, Queen of the Sixties. Acrylic on canvas, 1968. 406x508 mm; 16x20 inches. Signed in acrylic, lower right recto. Signed, titled and inscribed "California" and "acrylic" in ink, upper left verso. Provenance: collection of the artist; private collection. Marie Johnson-Calloway is a California artist and professor known for her use of collage and mixed-media in large, constructed assemblages depicting everyday African Americans. In 1969, she became an assistant professor at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and San Jose State University. From 1973 to 1983, she was an associate professor in the art department at San Francisco State University. Her work is in the permanent collection of the California African American Museum, Los Angeles, and has been exhibited in museums and galleries nationally. Farrington p. 142.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 23, 2010
MARIE JOHNSON-CALLOWAY (1920 - ) Family.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
MARIE JOHNSON-CALLOWAY (1920 - ) Family. Collage of mixed media, with various printed fabric and papers, mounted on canvas, 1982. 915x610 mm; 36x24 inches. Signed in ink, lower left. Provenance: the artist; private California collection. Marie Johnson-Calloway is a California artist and professor known for her use of collage and mixed-media in large, constructed assemblages of everyday African Americans. Many scenes are recreated memories from her childhood growing up in Maryland. In 1969, she became an assistant professor at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and San Jose State University. From 1973 to 1983, she was an associate professor in the art department at San Francisco State University. Her work is found in the permanent collection of the California African American Museum, Los Angeles, and has been exhibited in museums and galleries nationally. Farrington p. 142.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 17, 2009
MARIE JOHNSON-CALLOWAY (1920 - ) Atlanta.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
MARIE JOHNSON-CALLOWAY (1920 - ) Atlanta. Collage of various fabric and papers, mounted on board, 1975. 757x280 mm; 29 3/4x11 inches. Signed in ink, lower center and lower right. Marie Johnson-Calloway is a California artist and professor known for her use of collage and mixed-media in large, constructed assemblages of everyday African Americans. Many scenes are recreated memories from her childhood growing up in Maryland. In 1969, she became an assistant professor at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and San Jose State University. From 1973 to 1983, she was an associate professor in the art department of San Francisco State University. Her work is found in the permanent collection of the California African American Museum, Los Angeles, and has been exhibited in museums and galleries nationally. Farrington p. 142.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 15, 2007
Marie Johnson Calloway (American, b.1920)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
A seated girl signed 'Marie Johnson' (lower right) oil on canvas 20 x 40in
Bonhams