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Artists›Julien Levy

Julien Levy

1983⚠

WA-00028184

PhotographySurrealismPhotographyRealism

Representation

None documented

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80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ3189569

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Modern Handmade Jewelry

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1946

Field Verification (3 fields)

0 cross-verified · 3 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%
Birth yearArtsy· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3522
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/julien-levy
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

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Movement

Surrealism

Medium

Photography

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (13)

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Pharmaceuticals

1968 · Prescription for "conception control" and capsule

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Pharmaceuticals from S.M.S. No. 1

1968 · Three offset lithographs and one plastic pill capsule

Pad: 5 x 5 1/8" (12.8 x 13.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Composition Derived from Levy's Chess Set and Landscape by Muriel Streeter

1944 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 13.7 × 23.9 cm (5 7/16 × 9 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

De Deigo, David Hare, Jacqueline and Aube Breton

1940 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 23.6 × 18.2 cm (9 5/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dali's "Dream of Venus", Completed Facade

1939 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 20.3 × 25.3 cm (8 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mermaids Resting on the Roof with Botticelli's "Venus", at the New York World's Fair

1939 · Gelatin silver print

25.3 × 20.4 cm (10 × 8 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

"Ready-Made," discovered by Matta and Julien Levy

1939 · Gelatin silver print

23.8 × 14.8 cm (9 3/8 × 5 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Edward James and a Mermaid, at the New York World's Fair

1939 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 16 × 10.7 cm (6 5/16 × 4 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Facade of Dali's Pavilion "Dream of Venus" Under Construction

1934 · Gelatin silver print

18.4 × 18.4 cm (7 1/4 × 7 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dali in the "Venus" workshop

1934 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 18.6 × 18.7 cm (7 3/8 × 7 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fabienne Lloyd with her nephew Jerrold Levy

1931 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 7.1 × 8.9 cm (2 13/16 × 3 9/16 in.); Paper: 7.8 × 10.6 cm (3 1/8 × 4 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Frida Kahlo Rivera

1930 · Gelatin silver print

23.9 × 17.1 cm (9 7/16 × 6 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pavel Tchelitchew and Julien Levy

1925 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 20.7 × 15.4 cm (8 3/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

13 published of 14 catalogued · 11 with image

Art Institute Chicago
11 published11 img
MoMA
1 publishedof 2 catalogued
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Pharmaceuticals
1968 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements3

Surrealism Photography Realism

Collections2

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Modern Handmade Jewelry

New York · 1946