Artist Monograph

John Levee, American

American, 1924–2017

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	12	60%
Oil Painting	2	10%
Drawing	1	5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	18	90%
Painting & Sculpture	2	10%

Classification Types

Print — 11
Illustrated Book — 6
Painting — 2
Drawing — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	18	90%
Large (1–3 m)	2	10%

Range: 42.2 cm → 162.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1955	1
1956	2
1959	7
1974	10

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 20 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Composition Print Acc. 244.1955	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. André Emmerich
Painting Painting Acc. 192.1956	1954	Oil on canvas	63 7/8 x 51 1/8" (162 x 129.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jack I. Poses
Drawing Drawing Acc. 268.1956	1955	Ink on paper	29 1/2 x 20 5/8" (75 x 52.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
October 1, 1958 Painting Acc. 671.1959	1958	Oil on canvas	28 3/4 x 39 3/8" (73 x 100 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Joseph H. Hazen
A PREFACE AND FOUR SEASONS Illustrated Book Acc. 626.1959.1-5	(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) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. André Emmerich
IMAGES OF EUROPEAN SUMMER (plate, folio 15) from A PREFACE AND FOUR SEASONS Illustrated Book Acc. 626.1959.3	1959		irreg. composition 16 5/8 x 6 3/4" (42.2 x 17.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. André Emmerich
PREFACE (plate, folio 3) from A PREFACE AND FOUR SEASONS Illustrated Book Acc. 626.1959.1	1959		irreg. composition 18 7/8 x 14 15/16" (48 x 37.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. André Emmerich
SPRINGTIME REPORT FROM CHAOS (plate, folio 11) from A PREFACE AND FOUR SEASONS Illustrated Book Acc. 626.1959.2	1959		irreg. composition 18 13/16 x 14 15/16" (47.8 x 38 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. André Emmerich
THE TURN INTO AUTUMN (plate, folio 21) from A PREFACE AND FOUR SEASONS Illustrated Book Acc. 626.1959.4	1959		irreg. composition 18 9/16 x 14 9/16" (47.2 x 37 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. André Emmerich
WINTER (plate, folio 25) from A PREFACE AND FOUR SEASONS Illustrated Book Acc. 626.1959.5	1959		irreg. composition 18 7/8 x 14 11/16" (48 x 37.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. André Emmerich
L-69-#1 Print Acc. 264.1970	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
L-69-#10 Print Acc. 273.1970	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
L-69-#2 Print Acc. 265.1970	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
L-69-#3 Print Acc. 266.1970	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
L-69-#4 Print Acc. 267.1970	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
L-69-#5 Print Acc. 268.1970	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
L-69-#6 Print Acc. 269.1970	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
L-69-#7 Print Acc. 270.1970	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
L-69-#8 Print Acc. 271.1970	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
L-69-#9 Print Acc. 272.1970	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.