William H. Johnson in the Johnson Collection

Editorial Staff Art

Paintings by William Henry Johnson are rarely available in today’s art market, as most of his work is secure in museum and uni­versity collections. The Smithsonian American ArtMuseum, for instance, owns more than one thousand works by this noted African-American artist. Nevertheless, the relatively nascent Johnson Collection, located in Spartan­burg, South Carolina, has been able to acquire five works by …