David Levinthal

(American, born 1949)

David Levinthal is an American photographer best known for his images of dolls and toys staged with dramatic lighting, making them look human-like. Through his photography, the artist addresses sexism, racism, and politics from an intimate, albeit unconventional viewpoint, as seen in his series “Mein Kampf,” “Wild West,” and “Modern Romance.” His is commonly associated with his photographs of vintage Barbie dolls, which he treated as fashion models to showcase the way women were objectified in post-war culture. Born on March 8, 1949 in San Francisco, CA, he studied at Stanford University before receiving his MFA in Photography from Yale University in 1973. The artist first began working with childhood memorabilia as a means of mocking documentary photography, which he believed was too solemn. In 1977, he collaborated with cartoonist Gary Trudeau on Hitler Moves East, a book which portrayed the German invasion of Russia in a series of haunting black-and-white photographs. Over the course of his career, the artist has been the recipient of a number of awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Today, his work is held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others. Levinthal lives and works in New York, NY.

David Levinthal Artworks

David Levinthal (263 results)

Untitled from the series Barbie, 2024

David Levinthal

Untitled from the series Barbie, 2024

Sale Date: March 23, 2024

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Untitled from the series Barbie, 2024

David Levinthal

Untitled from the series Barbie, 2024

Sale Date: March 23, 2024

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Untitled from the series Barbie, 2024

David Levinthal

Untitled from the series Barbie, 2024

Sale Date: March 23, 2024

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Untitled from the Series Barbie, 1997

David Levinthal

Untitled from the Series Barbie, 1997

Sale Date: March 23, 2024

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Untitled from the series Barbie, 2023

David Levinthal

Untitled from the series Barbie, 2023

Sale Date: March 23, 2024

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Untitled from the series Barbie, 2023

David Levinthal

Untitled from the series Barbie, 2023

Sale Date: March 23, 2024

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Untitled from the series Barbie, 2023

David Levinthal

Untitled from the series Barbie, 2023

Sale Date: March 23, 2024

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Untitled from the series Barbie, 2023

David Levinthal

Untitled from the series Barbie, 2023

Sale Date: March 23, 2024

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Untitled from the series Wild West, 1994

David Levinthal

Untitled from the series Wild West, 1994

Sale Date: January 31, 2024

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Selected images from the series

David Levinthal

Selected images from the series "Wild West", 1986

Sale Date: November 28, 2023

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Wild West II, Washington 1988, 1988

David Levinthal

Wild West II, Washington 1988, 1988

Sale Date: November 24, 2023

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Wild West I, Washington 1988, 1988

David Levinthal

Wild West I, Washington 1988, 1988

Sale Date: November 24, 2023

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Michael Jordan, 2000

David Levinthal

Michael Jordan, 2000

Sale Date: October 11, 2023

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Willie Mays, 2000

David Levinthal

Willie Mays, 2000

Sale Date: October 11, 2023

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Selected Images: Futurama and Simpsons, 2002

David Levinthal

Selected Images: Futurama and Simpsons, 2002

Sale Date: October 11, 2023

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Hitler Moves East, 1973–1975

David Levinthal

Hitler Moves East, 1973–1975

Sale Date: October 5, 2023

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#2 Barbie, 1959, 1998

David Levinthal

#2 Barbie, 1959, 1998

Sale Date: June 13, 2023

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Untitled, #53, from the series

David Levinthal

Untitled, #53, from the series "XXX", 1999, 1999

Sale Date: May 2, 2023

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Untitled #124, from the series

David Levinthal

Untitled #124, from the series "XXX", 2000, 2000

Sale Date: May 2, 2023

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Untitled #171, from the series

David Levinthal

Untitled #171, from the series "XXX", 2000, 2000

Sale Date: May 2, 2023

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Untitled (From: Wild West), 1994

After David Levinthal

Untitled (From: Wild West), 1994

Sale Date: March 9, 2023

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Untitled (From: Wild West), 1989

After David Levinthal

Untitled (From: Wild West), 1989

Sale Date: March 9, 2023

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Untitled #71, from the Barbie series., 1998

David Levinthal

Untitled #71, from the Barbie series., 1998

Sale Date: February 23, 2023

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Untitled (from Barbie Millicent Roberts: An..., 1997

David Levinthal

Untitled (from Barbie Millicent Roberts: An..., 1997

Sale Date: December 15, 2022

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