Sargent Johnson
1888–1967
Sargent Johnson in his Berkeley, CA studio, c.1930; Photographer unknown
Works Available
- Fern Madonna, c.1938
- terracotta
- 16 3/8 x 5 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches / 41.6 x 13.3 x 14 cm
19 3/8 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches / 49.2 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm including base - signed
- Hen, c.1940
- Polychromed wood
- 10 5/8 x 10 x 5 3/4 inches / 27 x 25.4 x 14.6 cm
- signed
- Untitled (Resting Gull), c.1940
- terracotta
- 5 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches / 14 x 31.8 x 12.1 cm
7 3/8 x 13 7/8 x 5 inches / 18.7 x 35.2 x 12.7 cm including base - signed
- Dance Hall (Study for San Francisco Housing Authority Mural), c.1950
- tempera, watercolor and graphite on illustration board
- 13 x 9 1/8 inches / 33 x 23.2 cm
- Dance Hall (Study for San Francisco Housing Authority Mural), c.1950
- tempera, watercolor and graphite on illustration board
- 13 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches / 34.6 x 23.5 cm
- Two Bulls, c.1960
- enamel on steel in original wood frame
- 12 x 15 5/8 inches / 30.5 x 39.7 cm
11 5/8 x 15 1/8 inches / 29.5 x 38.4 cm sight size
17 5/8 x 21 x 3/4 inches / 44.8 x 53.3 x 1.9 cm including frame
- Untitled (Seated Bird), c.1960
- black diorite stone on wood base
- 5 x 7 x 3 1/4 inches / 12.7 x 17.8 x 8.3 cm
5 3/4 x 7 x 3 1/4 inches / 14.6 x 17.8 x 8.3 cm including base
- Singing Saints, 1967
- tempera on enameled steel
- 30 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches / 78.1 x 64.8 cm
- signed
All artworks displayed above are currently available. To inquire about additional works available by this artist, please contact the gallery.
Biography
It is the pure American Negro I am concerned with, aiming to show the natural beauty and dignity in that characteristic lip and that characteristic hair, bearing and manner; and I wish to show that beauty not so much to the white man as to the Negro himself.
