John Levee Auction Prices and Value Guide

John Levee auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 199 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

John Levee auction prices: quick answer

John Levee auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
John Levee
Source records
199
Market update
2026-02-06

John Levee market snapshot

John Levee shows solid auction liquidity with 55 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,295. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-12.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (19.0% · 8 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (71.4% · 30 sales)
  • $10,000+ (9.5% · 4 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$1,200
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
3
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-12

Artist context

About John Levee

Born

1924

Died

2017

Nationality

American

Also known as

John Le Vee, John Harrison Levee

John Levee (1924–2017) was an American abstract expressionist painter born in Los Angeles, California. The son of prominent Hollywood agent M. C. Levee, he relocated to Paris in 1949 and spent the rest of his career working there, becoming part of the post-war expatriate art community in France. Levee's work is held in institutional collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His paintings engage with the gestural abstraction and expressive color that characterized the broader Abstract Expressionist movement, approached from his distinctive perspective as an American artist working abroad in the decades following the Second World War. Authority records at the Getty ULAN, VIAF, and the RKD confirm his identity and career dates.

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Common works and media

Levee primarily produced oil on canvas abstract paintings. Collectors may encounter large-scale gestural canvases, smaller works on canvas or panel, and works on paper. Subjects are typically non-representational, featuring expressive brushwork and color-field compositions aligned with the Abstract Expressionist idiom. Auction listings may appear under variant names including John Le Vee.

Market and appraisal context

Levee's work appears regularly at auction, with nearly 200 recorded lots in the Appraisily database. His paintings are typically categorized as Post-War or Contemporary Art. Factors that may influence appraisal include the work's date and period, size, medium, provenance, exhibition history, and condition. Works with documented gallery or museum provenance tend to carry stronger estimates. His variant name spellings (John Le Vee, John Harrison Levee) can affect cataloguing accuracy, so attribution should be verified carefully.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Appraisal caveats

  • 199 auction records in the Appraisily database suggest a moderate but active secondary market; individual sale prices vary widely by size, period, and condition.
  • No single catalogue raisonné was identified in the source pack; attribution verification may require additional scholarly review.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.

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Data basis

This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.

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