Prisoner
Catalogue
- Year
- 1963
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Jack Levine
Artist
Painting
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.
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At the Ball
1968 · Drypoint on white wove paper
Portrait of Margaret Day Blake
1960 · Black chalk on paper
Margaret Day Blake
1960 · Graphite on white wove paper
Margaret Day Blake
1960 · Graphite on white wove paper
Margaret Day Blake
1955 · Graphite on white wove paper
Election Night
1954 · Oil on canvas
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- Jack Levine
- Year
- 1963
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1963-119381
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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