Frances Benjamin Johnston Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Frances Benjamin Johnston Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 07, 2024
FRANCES BENJAMIN JOHNSTON (AMERICAN, 1864-1945) CIVIL WAR ERA PHOTOGRAPH
Est: $100 - $200
FRANCES BENJAMIN JOHNSTON (AMERICAN, 1864-1945) CIVIL WAR ERA PHOTOGRAPH, silver gelatin print on board, depicting the temporary "Bridge across Pamunkey River", near White House Landing, Virginia, featuring soldiers resting on the river bank in the foreground and a steam locomotive and tender lettered "U. S. Military R. R." in the background. Printed and inscribed label to verso with title and listing Miss F. B. Johnston, Wash. D.C. as "Artist or Photographer". From a glass-plate negative originally taken by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1861-1865. Reprinted by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the late 19th century. 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" OA. Catalogue Note: Frances Benjamin Johnston was the nation's first female photojournalist. She is most known for her portraits, images of Southern architecture, and various photographic series featuring African Americans and Native Americans at the turn of the twentieth century.
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
Feb. 01, 2024
Frances Benjamin Johnston: The Hampton Album (Deluxe Edition)
Est: $60 - $80
Sarah Hermanson Meister Frances Benjamin Johnston: The Hampton Album New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2019. Deluxe Edition. 25cm x 35cm. 344 pages, black and white photographs. Full leather, white lettering, pictorial onlay. "Comprised of 159 extraordinary platinum plates, Frances Benjamin Johnston's Hampton Album documents life at the Hampton Institute marking a pivotal moment in this historically black university's history . Frances Benjamin Johnston (American, 1864-1952), one of the first women in America to work as a professional photographer, was commissioned in 1899 to photograph the Hampton Institute, then a thirty year old institution dedicated to the practical and academic education of freed slaves and Native Americans. What became known as the Hampton Album - comprised of 159 platinum plates exhibited in 1900 at the Exposition Universelle in Paris - is Johnston's signature work, and has become a touchstone for contemporary historians and artists. The leather-bound album was discovered serendipitously by Lincoln Kirstein in a Washington, D.C. bookstore during World War II and donated to MoMA in 1965." (publisher's blurb) Very minor shelf wear
The Book Merchant Jenkins
Mar. 18, 2023
Frances Benjamin Johnston (American/Louisiana, 1864-1952), "Chretien Point, St. Landry Parish," 1938, silver gelatin print, signed a...
Est: $300 - $500
Frances Benjamin Johnston (American/Louisiana, 1864-1952), "Chretien Point, St. Landry Parish," 1938, silver gelatin print, signed and dated lower right, titled with gallery label en verso, presented in a wood frame, H.- 15 in., W.- 19 in., Framed- H.- 21 in., W.- 24 3/4 in.
Crescent City Auction Gallery
Apr. 14, 2022
FRANCES BENJAMIN JOHNSTON (1864-1955) The New Woman (self-portrait in her Washington D.C. studio).
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
FRANCES BENJAMIN JOHNSTON (1864-1955) The New Woman (self-portrait in her Washington D.C. studio). Silver print, the image measuring 8x9 7/8 inches (20.3x25.1 cm.); partially mounted to a board with a typed caption label from The Sandler Collection on verso. 1896; printed circa 1950 or earlier
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 05, 2020
Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952 American) ''Self Portrait (As New Woman)'' 1896 Silver Gelatin Print 14''x11''.
Est: $100 - $300
Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952 American) ''Self Portrait (As New Woman)'' 1896 Silver Gelatin Print 14''x11''. Likely a posthumous photograph. Label on verso reads ''SC17 THE SANDLER COLLECTION''. Center is glued to backing board. Some slight handling marks. Loose, unframed.
MBA Seattle Auction LLC
Sep. 30, 2018
Important F. B. Johnston Photograph of McKinley
Est: $400 - $600
JOHNSTON, Frances Benjamin, (American, 1864-1952): Important photograph of President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition the day before he was shot and subsequently died days later from gangreen. Johnston was the official White House photographer for several president. Identified on the back with description in another hand. Image size 3.5" x 2.5", laid on cardboard 6" x 5". Condition, Several light scratches to image, pinhole to cardboard. .
Amero Auctions
Oct. 15, 2017
Frances Benjamin Johnston, (American/Louisiana, 1864-1952), Collection of Five Photographs, 1900-1908, including three cyanotypes of...
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Frances Benjamin Johnston (American/Louisiana, 1864-1952) Collection of Five Photographs, 1900-1908 including two sepia-toned ones of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, commissioned by Booker T. Washington, and three cyanotypes of a schoolroom and the Pan American Union Building in Washington, D.C. each inscribed en verso with the artist's name, location and date; the Tuskegee classroom photograph is titled, probably in the artist's hand, "Tailoring". Each unframed. each 7-3/8" to 8" x 9-3/8" to 9-1/2" Notes: This collection of photographs represents an extraordinary view of American history, produced by one of the most accomplished photographers of the 20th century. Frances Benjamin Johnston was one of the first women artists to have her own studio. She received multiple magazine commissions for celebrity portraits, and she was the official White House photographer for five administrations from Benjamin Harrison through William Taft, photographing President McKinley just moments before he was assassinated at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in New York. After receiving her first camera from George Eastman, a family friend and inventor of the Kodak cameras, she was trained in developing and dark-room techniques by Thomas Smillie, director of photography at the Smithsonian Institute. Johnston garnered additional art instruction at the Washington Students League and the prestigious Academie Julian in Paris. Education remained a central focus in Johnston's work. She wrote numerous articles on what women can do with cameras and co-curated an exhibition of women photographers at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. She gained even wider acclaim at the Exposition for her display of photographs of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute for African-Americans in Virginia, commissioned by its President Dr. Hollis Burke Frissel. Booker T. Washington, a graduate of Hampton and the President of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, was so impressed with Johnston's virtuoso in recording the classrooms and buildings with a sensitivity not seen before that he commissioned her to photograph Tuskegee. These two sepia-toned photographs of students receiving instruction in sewing and furnace maintenance remain stunning chronicles of this series, illustrating the stark contrast in resources between African-American trade schools and the liberal arts curriculum of white school children, seen here in two of the cyanotypes, sculpting clay at their desks after Classical Greek prototypes. The last photograph from Johnston's service under Theodore Roosevelt illustrates the interior of the Pan American Union Building - the headquarters for the Organization of the American States, erected under the Roosevelt administration on the site of the John Peter Nees Mansion in Washington, D.C. Following the Hampton and Tuskegee commissions, Johnston's interest in architecture, in a desire to document buildings and gardens that had fallen into disrepair, led her to the American South, where she became a pioneering figure committed to the region's architectural history, receiving grants and commissions from eight southern states, including Louisiana, where she retired in a home on Bourbon Street.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Feb. 05, 2017
FRANCES BENJAMIN JOHNSTON, (American, 1864-1952), SELF PORTRAIT (AS NEW WOMAN), photograph, 29 1/2 x 24 in.
Est: $500 - $700
FRANCES BENJAMIN JOHNSTON (American, 1864-1952) SELF PORTRAIT (AS NEW WOMAN) photograph 29 1/2 x 24 in. Provenance: The Sandler Collection, Massachusetts; Private Massachusetts Collection.
Grogan & Company
Oct. 08, 2016
Frances Benjamin Johnston 2 Framed Photographs
Est: $300 - $500
Both depicting Old Residence, New Orleans. Each measures by photo size 19 inches by 15 inches. and with the frames 24 x 19 1/2 inches. One work is signed and dated 1938 by the artist , the other is unsigned. Condition frames and glass are broken on each photograph. Photographs are in good condition
Donley Auction Services
Oct. 08, 2016
Frances Benjamin Johnston Old Antique Photograph
Est: $100 - $200
Titled Oak Alley Plantation Slave Bell, New Orleans. Framed circa 1930s. Photograph size only 19 3/8 inches by 15 3/8 inches. With the frame 23 1/2 inches by 19 1/2 inches. Condition is fair. Has a 1/2 inch diameter paper loss lower left and a 1/4 inch diameter scratch to the paper in the upper right center.
Donley Auction Services
Oct. 08, 2016
Frances Benjamin Johnston Old Antique Photograph
Est: $200 - $300
titled Old Residence , New Orleans. Framed . Measures by photo size only 19 3/8 inches High by 15 3/8 inches Wide. Framed 23 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches. Condition of photograph is good, frame broken in spots.
Donley Auction Services
Oct. 08, 2016
Frances Benjamin Johnston Old Antique Photograph
Est: $200 - $300
titled Cornstalk Fence, New Orleans , circa 1930s. Framed, photo size only measures 19 3/8 H by 15 3/8 W. Framed 23 1/2 x 19 1/2. Signed an dated 1938 lower right. Condition is Good
Donley Auction Services
Oct. 08, 2016
Frances Benjamin Johnston Old Antique Photograph
Est: $200 - $300
titled Pirates Alley, New Orleans. Famed . Photo only measures 15 3/8 H x 19 3/8 W. With the frame 19 1/2 inches by 23 1/2. Condition is Good, frame is missing glass
Donley Auction Services
Oct. 08, 2016
Frances Benjamin Johnston Old Antique Photograph
Est: $200 - $300
Titled Pontalba Building, New Orleans, circa 1930s. Framed measures by photo size only 19 3/8 H x 15 3/8 W, with the frame 23 1/2 inches by 19 1/2 inches. Hand signed and dated 1938 by the artist in the lower right. Condition of the photograph is good. Frame has some losses.
Donley Auction Services
Oct. 08, 2016
Frances Benjamin Johnston Framed Photograph
Est: $200 - $300
Circa 1930s. Titled St. Louis Cathedral, framed, New Orleans. Photo size only is 19 3/8 inches High by 15 3/8 inches across. Size with frame 23 1/2 inches by 19 1/2 inches. Condition: Glass broken, photograph is in good condition.
Donley Auction Services
Oct. 08, 2016
Frances Benjamin Johnston Old Antique Photograph
Est: $200 - $300
titled French Quarter Alley, New Orleans.Framed, measures by image size only 19 3/8 inches H x 15 3/8 inches across. Framed 23 1/2 x 19 1/2. Condition glass and frame are broken. Right edge of photo is outwardly cupped from not being flat inside the frame.
Donley Auction Services
Oct. 08, 2016
Frances Benjamin Johnston Signed Photograph
Est: $200 - $300
titled Iron Lance, New Orleans. Unframed measures 19 3/8 inches high by 15 1/4 inches across. Signed by hand in ink in the lower right and dated 1938. Has artist's studio stamp from Washington D.C. on verso. Condition is Good
Donley Auction Services
Jul. 14, 2013
Frances Benjamin Johnston (American
Est: $200 - $400
Frances Benjamin Johnston (American/New Orleans, 1864-1952), "Fountain in the Pool", silver gelatin print mounted on board, embossed signature lower right, no. 90 lower left, 9 3/8 in. x 11 5/8 in., unframed; together with a vintage poster, Exhibition of Photographs by Frances Benjamin Johnston HISTORIC BUILDINGS, Some buildings now destroyed, Some examples of restoration, Shown on the occasion of meetings of the National Council for Historical Sites and Buildings, The Library of Congress.
Neal Auction Company
Nov. 21, 2010
Frances Benjamin Johnston (American/New Orleans,
Est: $500 - $700
Frances Benjamin Johnston (American/New Orleans, 1864-1952), "Fountain in the Pool", silver gelatin print mounted on board, embossed signature lower right, no. 90 lower left, 9 3/8 in. x 11 5/8 in., unframed; together with a vintage poster, Exhibition of Photographs by Frances Benjamin Johnston, HISTORIC BUILDINGS, Some buildings now destroyed, Some examples of restoration, Shown on the occasion of meetings of the National Council for Historical Sites and Buildings, The Library of Congress.
Neal Auction Company
Jan. 31, 2010
Frances Benjamin Johnston (American/New Orleans,
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Frances Benjamin Johnston (American/New Orleans, 1864-1952), "Fountain in the Pool", silver gelatin print mounted, embossed signature lower right, no. 90 lower left, 9 3/8 in. x 11 5/8 in., unframed; together with a vintage poster, Exhibition of Photographs by Frances Benjamin Johnston, HISTORIC BUILDINGS, Some buildings now destroyed, Some examples of restoration, Shown on the occasion of meetings of the National Council for Historical Sites and Buildings, The Library of Congress.
Neal Auction Company
Dec. 07, 2004
JOHNSTON, FRANCES B. (1864-1952)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Students processing at Tuskegee Institute, with Dr. H. B. Frissell (Hampton Institute), Andrew Carnegie, Robert Ogden, Clara Spence (Spence School), and others in the grandstand. Silver print, 7 1/4x9 1/2 inches (18.5x24.5. cm.), with handwritten notations on mount recto and Johnston's blind stamp on recto. 1906
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 19, 2002
FRANCES BENJAMIN JOHNSTON
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Miss Johnston and Mrs. Hewitt; and Two children performing Gelatin silver and platinum prints. Circa 1910. 71/4 x 43/4in. (18.4 x 12cm.); and 2 7/8 x 4in. (7.3 x 10.2cm.) (2).
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