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John Levee

John Levee

1924–2017

WA-00022098

Painting

Representation

None documented

6

Institutional Exhibitions

20

Works in Collection

50

Assets Indexed

3

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80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ3181933

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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100 Drawings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960–1961

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Selections from the Art Lending Service

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

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Art Lending Service Retrospective

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

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Recent American Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1957

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Drawings Recently Acquired for the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1957

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Recent Drawings U.S.A.

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1956

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%

Source Registry (3)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3505
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/john-levee
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

John Levee was an American painter and sculptor working in abstraction during the postwar period. His practice centered on color relationships and geometric form, developing a distinctive vocabulary of abstract composition. Active from the mid-twentieth century through the early 2000s, Levee's work engaged with the formal investigations that defined postwar modernism.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (20)

L-69-#6

1969 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 29 9/16 × 16 3/4" (75.1 × 42.6 cm); sheet: 30 3/16 × 22 3/16" (76.6 × 56.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

L-69-#8

1969 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 27 1/16 × 18 9/16" (68.8 × 47.1 cm); sheet: 30 3/16 × 21 5/8" (76.6 × 54.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

L-69-#9

1969 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 29 3/16 × 20 3/8" (74.2 × 51.7 cm); sheet: 30 3/16 × 21" (76.6 × 53.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

L-69-#10

1969 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 29 3/16 × 20 3/8" (74.2 × 51.7 cm); sheet: 30 1/16 × 21 1/16" (76.3 × 53.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

L-69-#2

1969 · Lithograph

composition: 29 5/8 × 21 7/8" (75.2 × 55.5 cm); sheet: 30 1/8 × 21 7/8" (76.5 × 55.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

L-69-#3

1969 · Lithograph

composition: 30 3/16 × 21 7/8" (76.6 × 55.6 cm); sheet: 30 3/16 × 21 7/8" (76.6 × 55.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

L-69-#7

1969 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 22 1/16 × 22 11/16" (56 × 57.7 cm); sheet: 22 1/16 × 30 3/16" (56.1 × 76.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

L-69-#4

1969 · Lithograph

composition: 29 5/8 × 21 1/2" (75.2 × 54.6 cm); sheet: 30 1/8 × 21 15/16" (76.5 × 55.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

L-69-#5

1969 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 29 5/8 × 16 3/4" (75.2 × 42.6 cm); sheet: 30 1/16 × 21 15/16" (76.4 × 55.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

L-69-#1

1969 · Lithograph

composition: 29 7/8 × 21 3/4" (75.9 × 55.2 cm); sheet: 30 1/16 × 21 3/4" (76.3 × 55.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

IMAGES OF EUROPEAN SUMMER (plate, folio 15) from A PREFACE AND FOUR SEASONS

irreg. composition 16 5/8 x 6 3/4" (42.2 x 17.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

THE TURN INTO AUTUMN (plate, folio 21) from A PREFACE AND FOUR SEASONS

irreg. composition 18 9/16 x 14 9/16" (47.2 x 37 cm)

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A PREFACE AND FOUR SEASONS

1959 · 5 lithographs, printed in color, and 20 photolithographic reproductions after pen and ink ornaments

page 18 7/8 x 14 15/16" (48 x 38 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

SPRINGTIME REPORT FROM CHAOS (plate, folio 11) from A PREFACE AND FOUR SEASONS

irreg. composition 18 13/16 x 14 15/16" (47.8 x 38 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WINTER (plate, folio 25) from A PREFACE AND FOUR SEASONS

irreg. composition 18 7/8 x 14 11/16" (48 x 37.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

PREFACE (plate, folio 3) from A PREFACE AND FOUR SEASONS

irreg. composition 18 7/8 x 14 15/16" (48 x 37.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

October 1, 1958

October 1, 1958

1958 · Oil on canvas

28 3/4 x 39 3/8" (73 x 100 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Drawing

1955 · Ink on paper

29 1/2 x 20 5/8" (75 x 52.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Painting

1954 · Oil on canvas

63 7/8 x 51 1/8" (162 x 129.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Composition

1954 · Lithograph

composition: 17 13/16 x 23 7/16" (45.2 x 59.6 cm); sheet: 19 11/16 x 25 9/16" (50 x 64.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (1)

20 published of 40 catalogued · 28 with image

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20 publishedof 40 catalogued28 img

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Images

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Artsy artwork: Untitled (1959)

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Artsy artwork: Untitled (1960)

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Artsy artwork: Untitled (1959)

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Artsy artwork: Untitled (1961)

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Artsy artwork: Abstraction (1959)

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Artsy artwork: Untitled

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Museum of Modern Art

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Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US