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Jack Levine

Jack Levine

American, 1915

WA-00028176

Boston, MA, USA

PaintingExpressionismRealismSocial Realism

Representation

None documented

19

Institutional Exhibitions

41

Works in Collection

61

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ2992864 ULAN500017725

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Committed to Print

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988

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Posters by Painters

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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The Artist as Adversary

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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America Seen: Between The Wars

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1961

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Paintings from Private Collections

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1955

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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954–1955

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Posters by Painters and Sculptors

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1952

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American Paintings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1948–1949

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Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1946–1954

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The Museum Collection of Painting

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1946

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The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1945–1946

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Painting, Sculpture, Prints

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1944

Field Verification (4 fields)

4 cross-verified · 0 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
Birth yearMoMA· 93%✓
LocationMoMA· 93%✓
NationalityMoMA· 93%✓

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3513
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Jack Levine was an American painter known for densely layered figurative works that combined social critique with expressionist technique. Working primarily in oil on canvas from the 1930s onward, he developed a satirical visual language to address corruption, hypocrisy, and power imbalances in American institutional life. His paintings employ garish color, distorted proportions, and crowded compositions to indict lawyers, politicians, and clergy. Levine's work bridges social realism and expressionism, treating political subjects with both moral urgency and formal invention.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (41)

At the Ball

1968 · Drypoint on white wove paper

Plate: 12.2 × 17.2 cm (4 13/16 × 6 13/16 in.); Sheet: 28 × 36.2 cm (11 1/16 × 14 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Three Penny Opera: Girls of Tunbridge Alley #1

1968 · color softground etching and aquatint

Sheet: 35.5 x 45.1 cm (14 x 17 3/4 in.); Platemark: 22.3 x 29.8 cm (8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Prisoner

1963 · Aquatint and scraping on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 32.2 × 45 cm (12 11/16 × 17 3/4 in.); Sheet: 52.3 × 75.6 cm (20 5/8 × 29 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1963 · Etching, drypoint and aquatint, printed in color

plate 14 3/4 x 17 9/16" (37.5 x 44.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Margaret Day Blake

Margaret Day Blake

1960 · Graphite on white wove paper

40.6 × 30.5 cm (16 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Margaret Day Blake

Margaret Day Blake

1960 · Graphite on white wove paper

40.6 × 30.5 cm (16 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Margaret Day Blake

Portrait of Margaret Day Blake

1960 · Black chalk on paper

40.5 × 30.4 cm (16 × 12 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Margaret Day Blake

Margaret Day Blake

1955 · Graphite on white wove paper

40.6 × 30.5 cm (16 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Election Night

1954 · Oil on canvas

63 1/8" x 6' 1/2" (160.3 x 184.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Trial

1953 · Oil on canvas

182.8 × 160 cm (72 × 63 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Studies of Flag Pole and Profile of a Man

1953 · Graphite on off-white laid paper

24.2 × 10.5 cm (9 9/16 × 4 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Studies for Top of Flagpole

Studies for Top of Flagpole

1953 · Graphite on ivory wove paper

15.7 × 8.7 cm (6 3/16 × 3 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Head No. 2

1952 · Oil and ink wash on paper

63 × 48.5 cm (24 13/16 × 19 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

King David

1949 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

19.2 × 13.5 cm (7 9/16 × 5 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jack Levine Exhibition Jan. 17-Feb. 17

Jack Levine Exhibition Jan. 17-Feb. 17

1949 · Silkscreen

34 × 22" (86.4 × 55.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study of Courtroom with Detailed Heads for The Trial

Study of Courtroom with Detailed Heads for The Trial

1946 · Graphite on ivory wove paper

44.9 × 29.7 cm (17 11/16 × 11 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study with Color Notes for Background for The Trial

Study with Color Notes for Background for The Trial

1946 · Graphite on tan wove paper

27.9 × 21.3 cm (11 × 8 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for The Trial (recto); Study of Judge at Bench and Pediment for The Trial (verso)

Study for The Trial (recto); Study of Judge at Bench and Pediment for The Trial (verso)

1946 · Pen and brownish-black ink (recto and verso) on cream wove paper

27.8 × 21.4 cm (11 × 8 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study of Courtroom with Standing and Seated Figures for The Trial

Study of Courtroom with Standing and Seated Figures for The Trial

1946 · Graphite on cream wove paper

35.4 × 25.3 cm (13 15/16 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study of Judge and a Man for The Trial

Study of Judge and a Man for The Trial

1946 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

14.4 × 19.2 cm (5 11/16 × 7 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study of Judge with Three Figures for The Trial

Study of Judge with Three Figures for The Trial

1946 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

14.5 × 19.2 cm (5 3/4 × 7 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study of Judge and Witness Box for The Trial

Study of Judge and Witness Box for The Trial

1946 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

14.5 × 19.2 cm (5 3/4 × 7 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study of Courtroom with Scales of Justice for The Trial

Study of Courtroom with Scales of Justice for The Trial

1946 · Pen and blue ink on ivory wove paper

25.2 × 21.5 cm (9 15/16 × 8 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study of Dog and Monkey for The Trial

Study of Dog and Monkey for The Trial

1946 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

14.5 × 19.2 cm (5 3/4 × 7 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

41 published of 46 catalogued · 40 with image

Art Institute Chicago
34 published34 img
MoMA
5 publishedof 10 catalogued6 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Aux Jambes, Citoyens!
1942 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Three Penny Opera: Girls of Tunbridge Alley #1
1968 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

The Trial (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

6

Movements3

Expressionism Realism Social Realism

Collections3

Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago