David Levine Paintings & Artwork for Sale | David Levine Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 19, 2024
David LEVINE: "Rooftops (Brooklyn)" - Watercolor
Est: $800 - $1,200
David Levine (American, 1926-2009) watercolor of Brooklyn rooftops in Autumn, with several church steeples in the foreground and Lower Manhattan in the distance, signed and dated bottom right "David Levine, '61", matted and contained under glass in a giltwood frame, bearing a Davis Galleries label on reverse. [Sight: 10 1/2" H x 14 1/2" W; Frame: 16 1/2" H x 20 1/2" W]. Art in good condition; mat border loose; frame chipped.
Roland Auctions NY
Sep. 28, 2024
David LEVINE: "Mascagni and Leoncavallo".
Est: $800 - $1,200
David LEVINE (American, 1926-2009): "Pietro Mascagni and Ruggero Leoncavallo". Pen and ink on wove paper, 1969. This drawing was first published in "The New York Review of Books". It mocks the seemingly unavoidable (and uncomfortable, based on the composer's stares as depicted by Levine) double-bill perofomance of two operas: "Cavalleria Rusticana" by Pietro Mascagni and "Pagliacci" by Ruggero Leoncavallo. Signed in the image. Sheet size: 13 3/4 x 11 inches.
Armstrong Fine Art
Sep. 17, 2024
9 David Levine Caricature Lithographs 1960s
Est: $150 - $300
David Levine (American, 1926-2009). Group of nine lithographs depicting caricatures of popular and well-known figures in history including Picasso, Freud, Lyndon B. Johnson, and more. Framed together in sets of three. With a label from Vern Carver Gallery affixed to the versos. Each lithograph is signed and dated, ca. 1960s, in plate along the lower edge.
Revere Auctions
Sep. 05, 2024
DAVID LEVINE - STANLEY BOSWORTH CARICATURE / GEORGE STANLEY MCGOVERN CARICATURES (3 WORKS)
Est: $100 - $200
Lot 205 David Levine American (1926-2009) Stanley Bosworth Caricature / George Stanley McGovern Caricatures (3 works) (1973) etching signed lower right largest: 20 x 16 inches unframed Provenance: From The Estate of Eugene Krinsky
Capsule Gallery Auction
Jun. 27, 2024
DAVID LEVINE - STANLEY BOSWORTH CARICATURE / GEORGE STANLEY MCGOVERN CARICATURES (3 WORKS)
Est: $100 - $200
Lot 81 David Levine American (1926-2009) Stanley Bosworth Caricature / George Stanley McGovern Caricatures (3 works) (1973) etching signed lower right largest: 20 x 16 inches unframed Provenance: From The Estate of Eugene Krinsky
Capsule Gallery Auction
Jun. 20, 2024
DAVID LEVINE (1926-2009) Jules Feiffer with cigar.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
DAVID LEVINE (1926-2009) Jules Feiffer with cigar. Unpublished caricature illustration, 1983. Ink on paper. 9 x 9 1/2 (image) in 15 x 19-inch frame. Signed in lower right image. Provenance: From the collection of Jules Feiffer.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 20, 2024
DAVID LEVINE (1926-2009) Gioacchino Rossini.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
DAVID LEVINE (1926-2009) Gioacchino Rossini. Illustration for the 12-inch LP record album cover, "The Rossini Overture Album" (Columbia Master Works, 1978). Pena and ink on paper. 13 3/4 x 11 inches. Signed in lower right image.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 20, 2024
DAVID LEVINE (1926-2009) Charles Ives.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
DAVID LEVINE (1926-2009) Charles Ives. Caricature from the article "The Ives Case," published in The New York Review of Books, May 21, 1970. Pen and ink on paper. 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches. Signed in lower right image.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 06, 2024
David Levine (1926-2009): Picasso
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Ink on paper, 1973, signed 'D. Levine' and dated in pencil, with the artist's copyright stamp, numbered 7741 and inscribed 'Collection S M Klein' on the reverse, with label from Forum Gallery, NY. 13 3/4 x 11 in. (sheet), 18 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (frame).
STAIR
Jun. 05, 2024
David Levine, New York (1926 - 2009), Bella Abzug as the Statue of Liberty, print, 13 3/4"H 16 3/4"W (sight), 17 1/4"H x 14 1/4"W (frame)
Est: $80 - $120
David Levine New York, (1926 - 2009) Bella Abzug as the Statue of Liberty print Signed and dated lower right. Autographed by Bella Abzug, Renee Taylor??? and Shirley Maclaine??? Biography from the Archives of askART: David Levine, painter, illustrator and caricaturist, was born in 1926 in Brooklyn, New York, where he continues to live and work. He studied at the School of the Brooklyn Museum of Art; Pratt Institute, Brooklyn; the Tyler School of Art, Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and the Eighth Street School of New York with modernist-abstractionist Hans Hoffman. Though he is best known for his pen and ink caricatures of world figures in politics, the arts and entertainment (since 1963, he has drawn 2800 pictures for the New York Review of Books alone), Levine also paints figures, portraits and cityscapes of the roller coasters and piers of Coney Island in New York Levine has received many awards: a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation fellowship in 1955; a Guggenheim Fellowship; the Childe Hassam Purchase Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; National Academy of Design prizes, including the Isaac Maynard, Julius Hallgarten and Thomas B. Clarke awards; the George Polk Memorial Award; John Pike Memorial Prize; and the Gold Medal of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, in 1993. Levine has also been awarded the French Legion of Honor and, in Landau, Germany, the Thomas Nast Award. He is a long-time Academician of the National Academy of Design, New York City. David Levine has exhibited in Stuttgart and Munich, Germany; Paris, France; Oxford, England, Beverly Hills, California; Washington, D.C.; and Columbus, Georgia, as well as the Davis Gallery and Forum Gallery in New York City. Levine is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Brooklyn Museum; Newark Museum, New Jersey; three Washington, D.C. venues including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Library of Congress and National Portrait Gallery; San Francisco Fine Arts Museums, California; and National Portrait Gallery of England. Pens and Needles, Gambit, Boston, 1969, and The Arts of David Levine, Knopf, New York, 1978, are among six books published on David Levine's art. Source: http://www.forumgallery.com/index2.html http://www.nybooks.com/gallery/
Ripley Auctions
May. 29, 2024
9 David Levine Caricature Lithographs 1960s
Est: $150 - $300
David Levine (American, 1926-2009). Group of nine lithographs depicting caricatures of popular and well-known figures in history including Picasso, Freud, Lyndon B. Johnson, and more. Framed together in sets of three. With a label from Vern Carver Gallery affixed to the versos. Each lithograph is signed and dated, ca. 1960s, in plate along the lower edge.
Revere Auctions
May. 18, 2024
David Levine, Girl with Bangs, Charcoal on Paper
Est: $200 - $400
David Levine, Girl with Bangs, charcoal on paper, 11" x 9 1/2", from The Davis Galleries. Provenance: Gloucester, Massachusetts collection.
Kaminski Auctions
Mar. 16, 2024
David Levine, Girl with Bangs, Charcoal on Paper
Est: $300 - $500
David Levine, Girl with Bangs, charcoal on paper, 11" x 9 1/2", from The Davis Galleries. Provenance: Gloucester, Massachusetts collection.
Kaminski Auctions
Mar. 14, 2024
DAVID LEVINE Beach Scene.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
DAVID LEVINE Beach Scene. Watercolor on card stock, 1967. 120x245 mm; 4¾x9⅝ inches. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right recto. Provenance: Forum Gallery, New York, with the label; private collection, Connecticut.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 14, 2023
DAVID LEVINE Raising the Peace Sign on Iwo Jima.
Est: $300 - $600
DAVID LEVINE Raising the Peace Sign on Iwo Jima. Single panel cartoon, 1971. Print with signature. 279x349 mm; 11x13 3/4 inches. Signed in pencil, "David Levine" in lower right image. Parody of the iconic photograph by Joe Rosenthal of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the final stages of the Pacific War, 1945. Levine's version replaces soldiers with hippies and the flag with a peace sign.
Swann Auction Galleries
Sep. 21, 2023
David Levine illustrated "The Fables of Aesop"
Est: $50 - $100
David Levine illustrated "The Fables of Aesop" First Edition, 1975. Gambit, Boston. Hardcover, dust jacket. Excellent condition.
District Auction
Sep. 19, 2023
15 David Levine 1980 Aquarelles Posters
Est: $50 - $75
This is a pack of 15 Offset Lithographs by Levine, titled "Aquarelles". The overall size of each Offset Lithograph measures 29.75 x 13.25 inches. The Offset Lithographs are Unsigned from an edition of 1000. The condition of the Offset Lithographs has been rated as follows: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Here are some additional details about the Levine: Limited edition print published by Galerie Claude Bernard for an exhibition held at the gallery in 1980, unsigned and not numbered. . Again, this lot is for 15 of the SAME Offset Lithograph, NOT a mixed or assorted group.
DUMBO Auctions
Jul. 27, 2023
David Levine, (2) drawings
Est: $300 - $500
David Levine (American, 1926-2009), Study of a Collector, initialed and dated lower right, gallery label verso, matted and framed under plexiglass, 9.5"h x 8"w (sight), 15"h x 13.25"w (frame); with, Study of a Man, conte crayon on paper, gallery label verso, matted and framed under glass, 4.25"h x 3.25"w (sight), 9.75"h x 8.25"w (frame)
Millea Bros Ltd
Jul. 26, 2023
David Levine, etching and lithograph
Est: $100 - $150
David Levine (American, 1926-2009), Two male dancers, etching, signed and numbered "P/12" lower margin, 6.5"h x 5"w (sight), 14.25"h x 11.75"w (frame); and Self Portrait, lithograph, pencil initialed lower right, 6"h x 4"w (sight), 12"h x 9.75"w (frame)
Millea Bros Ltd
Jul. 26, 2023
David Levine (after), caricature print
Est: $60 - $80
After David Levine (American, 1926-2009), "Mahler", offset print on paper, mounted on board, gallery label verso, matted and framed under glass, 8.75"h x 8"w (sight) 13.25"h x 12.25"w (frame)
Millea Bros Ltd
Jul. 16, 2023
David Levine - "The Striped Umbrella," 1959
Est: $300 - $500
David Levine (New York, New York, 1926-2009). "The Striped Umbrella." Watercolor on paper, signed and dated "D. Levine 1959" lower left, (7.125 x 9.5 inches, sight). Provenance: Davis Galleries, New York, New York. Frame: 14.625 in., W: 16.5 in., D: 1 in.
Devin Moisan Auctioneers, Inc.
Jul. 11, 2023
David Levine (American, 1926-2009)
Est: £150 - £250
David Levine (American, 1926-2009) David Levine (American, 1926-2009) 'Westport Beach Scene, Connecticut' signed 'D. Levine' l.l., inscribed with title on artist's label verso, watercolour 9.5 x 18cm Condition Report: Framed size 34 x 40cm Discolouration to the paper. Light fading with some small brown speckles of staining to the lower left corner, please see images.
Sworders
Jul. 08, 2023
David Levine W/C Coastal Landscape with Figures, Bathers At Compo Beach
Est: $1,000 - $1,200
David Levine (American/New York, 1926-2009) watercolor on paper painting titled "Bathers at Compo Beach" depicting figures along a shoreline walking towards the ocean, or seated in chairs and resting on blankets on the beach, under a rich blue sky and partially visible sun upper left. Signed "David Levine 1957". Label from Davis Galleries, New York City with title of work affixed en verso. Housed in a giltwood frame with a watercolor painted mat with gold-leaf decoration under glass. Sight: 7" H x 10 3/4" W. Framed: 13 1/2" H x 18" W. Biography: David Levine was born in 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at the School of the Brooklyn Museum of Art; Pratt Institute, Brooklyn; the Tyler School of Art, Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and the Eighth Street School of New York with modernist-abstractionist Hans Hoffman. Though he is best known for his pen and ink caricatures of world figures in politics, the arts and entertainment, Levine also painted figures, portraits and cityscapes of the roller coasters and piers of Coney Island in New York Levine received many awards including a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation fellowship in 1955; a Guggenheim Fellowship; the Childe Hassam Purchase Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; National Academy of Design prizes, including the Isaac Maynard, Julius Hallgarten and Thomas B. Clarke awards; the George Polk Memorial Award; John Pike Memorial Prize; and the Gold Medal of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, in 1993. Levine was also awarded the French Legion of Honor and, in Landau, Germany, the Thomas Nast Award. He was an Academician of the National Academy of Design, New York City. Levine's work is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Brooklyn Museum; Newark Museum, New Jersey; three Washington, D.C. venues including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Library of Congress and National Portrait Gallery; San Francisco Fine Arts Museums, California; and National Portrait Gallery of England. Pens and Needles, Gambit, Boston, 1969, and The Arts of David Levine, Knopf, New York, 1978, are among six books published on David Levine's art.
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Jun. 28, 2023
Three Works: (i) David Levine (ii) Lewis Rubenstein (iii) Attributed to Vincent Canade
Est: $400 - $600
David Levine American, 1926-2009 (i) The Model (Seated Woman, Facing Left) Signed David Levine on the frame backing; also inscribed D. Levine 70 on Davis Galleries label affixed to the frame backing Sepia ink and wash on paper Sight 7 x 9 inches (17.8 x 22.9 cm) Provenance: Davis Galleries, New York By gift to Benjamin Sonnenberg, New York, 1958 (ii) Lewis Rubenstein American, 1908-2003 Dunes, Provincetown, 1959 Signed Lewis (lr) Inscribed as titled, with artist's name and date on the backing board Ink and wash on paper Sight 8 3/4 x 24 1/2 inches (22.2 x 62.2 cm) (iii) Attributed to Vincent Canade Portrait of a Man Oil on canvas laid to board 11 x 8 inches (27.9 x 20.3 cm) C Property from the Collection of Helen Sonnenberg Tucker
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jun. 27, 2023
DAVID LEVINE (1926-2002) WATERCOLOR
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
"Paperback." Watercolor on paper, 1986. Purchased from Forum Gallery, New York for $19,459.37. Watercolor of reclining woman reading. Signed lower right, dated '86. Impressionist-style frame. With Forum Gallery label and APF Framers label. Forum Gallery label gives title as "Paperback." Includes a Forum Gallery catalog of similar works, this work not included. And another exhibition catalog of Levine's work with similar works, this work not included. . Dimensions: (Frame) H 21" x W 29.75", (Sight) H 14" x W 22.5" Condition: Watercolor appears good under frame. Frame with some nicks.
Westport Auction
Apr. 30, 2023
David Levine (American, 1926-2009) Drawing of LBJ - Pen & Ink
Est: $400 - $600
David Levine (American, 1926-2009) Drawing. Title - Lyndon B Johnson with Hawk and Dove. Political caricature Pen and ink on paper drawing of LBJ. Signed lower right D. Levine 60. Included with this lot is The David Levine Album of Drawings, which has 12 original prints. Measures 9.75 inches high, 7.75 inches wide. Unframed. In good condition. From Askart: David Levine, painter, illustrator and caricaturist, was born in 1926 in Brooklyn, New York, where he continues to live and work. He studied at the School of the Brooklyn Museum of Art; Pratt Institute, Brooklyn; the Tyler School of Art, Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and the Eighth Street School of New York with modernist-abstractionist Hans Hoffman. Though he is best known for his pen and ink caricatures of world figures in politics, the arts and entertainment (since 1963, he has drawn 2800 pictures for the New York Review of Books alone), Levine also paints figures, portraits and cityscapes of the roller coasters and piers of Coney Island in New York Levine has received many awards: a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation fellowship in 1955; a Guggenheim Fellowship; the Childe Hassam Purchase Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; National Academy of Design prizes, including the Isaac Maynard, Julius Hallgarten and Thomas B. Clarke awards; the George Polk Memorial Award; John Pike Memorial Prize; and the Gold Medal of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, in 1993. Levine has also been awarded the French Legion of Honor and, in Landau, Germany, the Thomas Nast Award. He is a long-time Academician of the National Academy of Design, New York City. Levine is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Brooklyn Museum; Newark Museum, New Jersey; three Washington, D.C. venues including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Library of Congress and National Portrait Gallery; San Francisco Fine Arts Museums, California; and National Portrait Gallery of England. Pens and Needles, Gambit, Boston, 1969, and The Arts of David Levine, Knopf, New York, 1978, are among six books published on David Levine's art.
Myers Fine Art
Apr. 05, 2023
David Levine American, 1926-2009 Five Works
Est: $500 - $800
David Levine American, 1926-2009 (i) Subway Passenger Pencil on paper 5 x 3 3/4 inches (12.7 x 9.5 cm) Provenance: Davis Galleries, New York, May 1955 (ii) Subway Model Conte crayon on paper Sight 6 3/4 x 4 1/8 inches (17.1 x 10.5 cm) Provenance: Davis Galleries, New York (iii) Portrait of Woman in Shawl Signed with artist's monogram (lr) Pencil on paper Sight 4 x 3 3/4 inches (10.2 x 9.5 cm) (iv) Sketch at Wildenstein Gallery Signed David Levine and inscribed as titled on the reverse Oil on board 7 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches (18.7 x 16.2 cm) Provenance: Davis Galleries, New York, 1954 Note: A pencil drawing related to this painting was exhibited at the Davis Galleries, and was reproduced in the catalogue: David Levine, Recent Oils, May 9 - June 4, 1955. (v) Sketch for Watercolor Initialed LD (lr) Pencil on paper Sight 6 3/8 x 4 5/8 inches (16.2 x 11.7 cm) Provenance: Davis Galleries, New York, 1956 C Property from the Collection of Helen Sonnenberg Tucker
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Apr. 05, 2023
David Levine American, 1926-2009 (i) The Model (Seated Woman, Facing Left) (ii) Dunes together w/(iii) American School: Three works
Est: $800 - $1,200
David Levine American, 1926-2009 (i) The Model (Seated Woman, Facing Left) Signed David Levine on the frame backing; also inscribed D. Levine 70 on Davis Galleries label affixed to the frame backing Sepia ink and wash on paper Sight 7 x 9 inches (17.8 x 22.9 cm) Provenance: Davis Galleries, New York By gift to Benjamin Sonnenberg, New York, 1958 (ii) Lewis Rubenstein American, 1908-2003 Dunes, Provincetown, 1959 Signed Lewis (lr) Inscribed as titled, with artist's name and date on the backing board Ink and wash on paper Sight 8 3/4 x 24 1/2 inches (22.2 x 62.2 cm) (iii) American School 20th Century Portrait of a Man Oil on canvas laid to board 11 x 8 inches (27.9 x 20.3 cm) C Property from the Collection of Helen Sonnenberg Tucker
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Mar. 29, 2023
David Levine American, 1926-2009 Skeptical Look, 1971
Est: $600 - $900
David Levine American, 1926-2009 Skeptical Look, 1971 Signed and dated D Levine 71 (lr) Watercolor on paper laid down on board 14 1/4 x 9 inches (36.2 x 22.9 cm) Provenance: Forum Gallery, New York C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Mar. 29, 2023
David Levine American, 1926-2009 The Stacks, 1968
Est: $700 - $1,000
David Levine American, 1926-2009 The Stacks, 1968 Signed and dated D. Levine 68 (ul) Watercolor on paper laid down on board 10 7/8 x 14 3/8 inches (27.6 x 36.5 cm) Provenance: Forum Gallery, New York The Brooklyn Museum, New York C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jan. 19, 2023
David Levine, Ink & Wash on Paper, "Seated Woman"
Est: $100 - $200
c. 1968. Pencil signed lower left corner. Ink and wash on paper. Sight seen approx. 5-3/4" x 8-1/4". This item was a gift to our consignor from the artist.
Weiss Auctions
Dec. 15, 2022
DAVID LEVINE (1926-2009) Igor Stravinsky. (CARICATURE / NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
DAVID LEVINE (1926-2009) Igor Stravinsky. Caricature from the article "Stravinsky at Eighty-five: An Interview" published in The New York Review of Books, June 1, 1967. Pen and ink on paper. 228x177 mm; 9x7 inches, image, on 10 1/2x9 3/4-inch sheet. Signed and dated "D. Levine 67" in lower right image; "Stravinsky N.Y.R. 1967" inked on verso. Tipped to window matte and framed to 17 1/2x14 1/2 inches. Provenance: Forum Gallery; Rick Meyerowitz, purchased from the above.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 11, 2022
DAVID LEVINE (1926 - 2006)
Est: $300 - $500
"Portrait"; 1953; Charcoal on Paper; 7.25" x 7"; Signed Lower Right; Framed (under glass).
James Cox Gallery
Dec. 03, 2022
David Levine Caricature Illustration / Drawing
Est: $200 - $400
Work is titled "Flamenco Dancer." Provenance: Gift from artist to subject | Private Collection, New York, New York and Juno Beach, Florida. The original owner and subject of the work was a flamenco dancer and teacher who retired from dance and started working in NYC galleries, hanging the art and championing new artists. The artists often had him sit as a subject and gifted pieces to him, which he later gave as a collection to his friend and colleague of several decades. Several lots from this collection are offered in this sale: works by Charles Apt, Francis Cunningham, Julio Larraz and Ronald Sherr.
Palm Beach Modern Auctions
Sep. 28, 2022
David Levine American, 1926-2009 The Brochure
Est: $600 - $900
David Levine American, 1926-2009 The Brochure Initialed DL (ll) Oil on board 13 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches (34 x 22.5 cm) Provenance: Davis Galleries, New York C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Sep. 14, 2022
David Levine American, 1926-2009 Beach Scene, Brighton
Est: $800 - $1,200
David Levine American, 1926-2009 Beach Scene, Brighton Signed D. Levine (ll) Oil on board 12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.6 cm) Provenance: Davis Galleries, New York C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Sep. 14, 2022
David Levine American, 1926-2009 Black Man's Head, 1980-81
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
David Levine American, 1926-2009 Black Man's Head, 1980-81 Signed D. Levine (ll) Watercolor on paper 15 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches (38.7 x 36.2 cm) Provenance: Forum Gallery, New York C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jul. 27, 2022
David Levine, Ink & Wash on Paper, "Seated Woman"
Est: $200 - $300
c. 1968. Pencil signed lower left corner. Ink and wash on paper. Sight seen approx. 5-3/4" x 8-1/4". This item was a gift to our consignor from the artist.
Weiss Auctions
Jun. 08, 2022
DAVID LEVINE - BEACH MUMMY - W/C
Est: $600 - $900
David Levine, Am., 1926-2019, Beach Mummy, watercolor, verso gallery label FORUM GALLERY 1018 MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK 21, NY
Litchfield Auctions
Jun. 04, 2022
David Levine, New York (1926 - 2009), Connecticut Church Landscape, oil on canvas., 9 1/2"H x 14"W (sight), 14 1/4"H x 18 1/2"W (frame)
Est: $400 - $600
David Levine New York, (1926 - 2009) Connecticut Church Landscape oil on canvas. signed lower right. Biography from the Archives of askART: David Levine, painter, illustrator and caricaturist, was born in 1926 in Brooklyn, New York, where he continues to live and work. He studied at the School of the Brooklyn Museum of Art; Pratt Institute, Brooklyn; the Tyler School of Art, Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and the Eighth Street School of New York with modernist-abstractionist Hans Hoffman. Though he is best known for his pen and ink caricatures of world figures in politics, the arts and entertainment (since 1963, he has drawn 2800 pictures for the New York Review of Books alone), Levine also paints figures, portraits and cityscapes of the roller coasters and piers of Coney Island in New York Levine has received many awards: a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation fellowship in 1955; a Guggenheim Fellowship; the Childe Hassam Purchase Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; National Academy of Design prizes, including the Isaac Maynard, Julius Hallgarten and Thomas B. Clarke awards; the George Polk Memorial Award; John Pike Memorial Prize; and the Gold Medal of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, in 1993. Levine has also been awarded the French Legion of Honor and, in Landau, Germany, the Thomas Nast Award. He is a long-time Academician of the National Academy of Design, New York City. David Levine has exhibited in Stuttgart and Munich, Germany; Paris, France; Oxford, England, Beverly Hills, California; Washington, D.C.; and Columbus, Georgia, as well as the Davis Gallery and Forum Gallery in New York City. Levine is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Brooklyn Museum; Newark Museum, New Jersey; three Washington, D.C. venues including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Library of Congress and National Portrait Gallery; San Francisco Fine Arts Museums, California; and National Portrait Gallery of England. Pens and Needles, Gambit, Boston, 1969, and The Arts of David Levine, Knopf, New York, 1978, are among six books published on David Levine's art.
Ripley Auctions
Jun. 04, 2022
David Levine, New York (1926 - 2009), Commissary at West Point, oil on canvas, 10 1/2"H x 12"W (sight), 16 1/4"H x 18 1/4"W (frame)
Est: $800 - $1,200
David Levine New York, (1926 - 2009) Commissary at West Point oil on canvas signed lower right Davis Galleries, NYC label verso. Biography from the Archives of askART: David Levine, painter, illustrator and caricaturist, was born in 1926 in Brooklyn, New York, where he continues to live and work. He studied at the School of the Brooklyn Museum of Art; Pratt Institute, Brooklyn; the Tyler School of Art, Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and the Eighth Street School of New York with modernist-abstractionist Hans Hoffman. Though he is best known for his pen and ink caricatures of world figures in politics, the arts and entertainment (since 1963, he has drawn 2800 pictures for the New York Review of Books alone), Levine also paints figures, portraits and cityscapes of the roller coasters and piers of Coney Island in New York Levine has received many awards: a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation fellowship in 1955; a Guggenheim Fellowship; the Childe Hassam Purchase Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; National Academy of Design prizes, including the Isaac Maynard, Julius Hallgarten and Thomas B. Clarke awards; the George Polk Memorial Award; John Pike Memorial Prize; and the Gold Medal of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, in 1993. Levine has also been awarded the French Legion of Honor and, in Landau, Germany, the Thomas Nast Award. He is a long-time Academician of the National Academy of Design, New York City. David Levine has exhibited in Stuttgart and Munich, Germany; Paris, France; Oxford, England, Beverly Hills, California; Washington, D.C.; and Columbus, Georgia, as well as the Davis Gallery and Forum Gallery in New York City. Levine is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Brooklyn Museum; Newark Museum, New Jersey; three Washington, D.C. venues including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Library of Congress and National Portrait Gallery; San Francisco Fine Arts Museums, California; and National Portrait Gallery of England. Pens and Needles, Gambit, Boston, 1969, and The Arts of David Levine, Knopf, New York, 1978, are among six books published on David Levine's art.
Ripley Auctions
May. 18, 2022
David Levine, graphite and watercolor, 1958
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
David Levine (American, 1926-2009), "Bathers", signed and dated lower left, gallery label and artist's bio sheet verso, 6.75"h x 9.75"w (sight), 11.25"h x 14.25"w (frame)
Millea Bros Ltd
May. 10, 2022
DAVID LEVINE PAINTING ON CANVAS. . DISCUSSION DAVIS GAL
Est: $150 - $200
David Levine Painting on Canvas. . Discussion Davis Galleries NYC Dimensions: Image Size: H: 15 inches: W: 12 inches --- -- This painting is from the collection of over 80 works curated by Matthew Siegel. Matthew is an MIT educated nuclear engineer who traveled the world and resided in London, San Diego, Chicago, Connecticut and Philadelphia. Mr Siegel was drawn to paintings of industrial facilities, workmen, sports, movement and genre paintings depicting the building of our world. His philosophy was to choose an artist who had good form and a grasp of movement, over and above the size of the painting or previous sales value. Each painting will include a letter that it was part of his collection.
Uniques & Antiques
May. 05, 2022
David Levine (1926-2009): Study of a Woman
Est: $400 - $600
Crayon on paper, signed 'D. Levine' lower left; and Towns and Steeples on the Rhine, Germany, ink on paper, 1960, signed 'D. Levine' and dated lower right, both with unidentified collector's marks on the reverse; together with Albert Brooks: Reclining Figure; and Seated Figure, two pencil on tissue-thin paper, both signed with initials 'AB' lower right. 11 x 8 1/8 in. (sheet), 10 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. (sheet), both Brooks 14 x 17 in. (sheet), all unframed.
STAIR
Apr. 01, 2022
*David Levine
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
*David Levine (New York, 1926-2009) HEROES OF CONEY, 1989 watercolor, framed, signed & dated sight H14 1/4" W15 1/4" Provenance: Forum Gallery, New York (No. 12946) Galerie Timothy Tew, Atlanta, 1995 Private collection Other Notes: Copy of the Galerie Tew document available to purchaser.
Charlton Hall
Apr. 01, 2022
*David Levine
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
*David Levine (New York, 1926-2009) CONEY CAVES, 1989 watercolor, framed, signature not visible sight H9 1/2" W22 1/2" Provenance: Forum Gallery, New York (No. 12944G) Galerie Timothy Tew, Atlanta, 1995 Private collection Other Notes: Copy of the Galerie Tew document available to purchaser.
Charlton Hall
Feb. 26, 2022
David Levine (1926 - 2009), Across the Bridge, possibly Central Park, signed lower right David Levine, 1959, sight size 6 1/2" x 9 1...
Est: $300 - $500
David Levine (1926 - 2009), Across the Bridge, possibly Central Park, signed lower right David Levine, 1959, sight size 6 1/2" x 9 1/2", Gallery Fifty-two, New Jersey label verso. Provenance: The Estate of Ed Brenner, Short Hills, New Jersey.
Nadeau's Auction Gallery
Jan. 27, 2022
David Levine (1926-2009): Study of a Woman
Est: $800 - $1,200
Crayon on paper, signed 'D. Levine' lower left; and Towns and Steeples on the Rhine, Germany, ink on paper, 1960, signed 'D. Levine' and dated lower right, both with unidentified collector's marks on the reverse; together with Albert Brooks: Reclining Figure; and Seated Figure, two pencil on tissue-thin paper, both signed with initials 'AB' lower right. 11 x 8 1/8 in. (sheet), 10 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. (sheet), both Brooks 14 x 17 in. (sheet), all unframed.
STAIR