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 #14, 2006

David Levinthal

UNTITLED #14, 2006

Sale Date: October 29, 2015

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UNTITLED #13, 2006

David Levinthal

UNTITLED #13, 2006

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UNTITLED #12, 2006

David Levinthal

UNTITLED #12, 2006

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UNTITLED #11, 2006

David Levinthal

UNTITLED #11, 2006

Sale Date: October 29, 2015

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Blackface (#1), 1995

David Levinthal

Blackface (#1), 1995

Sale Date: October 8, 2015

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Black Face, 1999

David Levinthal

Black Face, 1999

Sale Date: May 31, 2015

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Untitled from The Wild West, 1996, 1996

David Levinthal

Untitled from The Wild West, 1996, 1996

Sale Date: May 7, 2015

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Babe ruth, new york yankees (from the..., 2003

David Levinthal

Babe ruth, new york yankees (from the..., 2003

Sale Date: April 1, 2015

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Untitled from Desire, 1991

David Levinthal

Untitled from Desire, 1991

Sale Date: March 7, 2015

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Five Trails West, 1988

David Levinthal

Five Trails West, 1988

Sale Date: October 17, 2014

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Desire #20 (from Desire series), 1998

David Levinthal

Desire #20 (from Desire series), 1998

Sale Date: August 29, 2014

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XXX: Volumes I, II and III (suite of 272), 1999–2001

David Levinthal

XXX: Volumes I, II and III (suite of 272), 1999–2001

Sale Date: September 29, 2014

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Untitled, commissioned for the 50th..., 2003

David Levinthal

Untitled, commissioned for the 50th..., 2003

Sale Date: September 29, 2014

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Untitled (Wild West), 2002

David Levinthal

Untitled (Wild West), 2002

Sale Date: September 16, 2014

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Journal, 20 avril 1984 (from Modern Romance), 1984

David Levinthal

Journal, 20 avril 1984 (from Modern Romance), 1984

Sale Date: May 20, 2014

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Seduce, 2002

David Levinthal

Sale Date: April 27, 2014

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Untitled (from The Blackface series #171), 1998

David Levinthal

Untitled (from The Blackface series #171), 1998

Sale Date: April 5, 2014

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From the American Beauties series, 2000

David Levinthal

From the American Beauties series, 2000

Sale Date: January 19, 2014

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Serie XXX

David Levinthal

Sale Date: December 16, 2013

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Serie XXX

David Levinthal

Sale Date: December 16, 2013

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Sans titre, 1972

David Levinthal

Sans titre, 1972

Sale Date: November 19, 2013

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Sans titre, de la série Wild West, 1987–1989

David Levinthal

Sans titre, de la série Wild West, 1987–1989

Sale Date: October 30, 2013

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Untitled, 1997

David Levinthal

Untitled, 1997

Sale Date: July 17, 2013

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In the swim (ponytail barbie), 1964

David Levinthal

In the swim (ponytail barbie), 1964

Sale Date: April 9, 2013

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