# Les Levine artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/les-levine/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:40:23.003Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Irish, American
- Movements: Video art, Conceptual art, Media art
- Common media: Video, Communication media, Sculpture, Artist publications and collaborative publications

## Portrait

![Les Levine](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Les_Levine_Bio-Tech_Rehearsals_1965-1975%2C_Panel_Discussion.jpg/1280px-Les_Levine_Bio-Tech_Rehearsals_1965-1975%2C_Panel_Discussion.jpg)
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Les_Levine_Bio-Tech_Rehearsals_1965-1975,_Panel_Discussion.jpg

## About Les Levine

Les Levine, born in 1935, is an Irish-born American artist associated with the development of video, media, and conceptual art. His practice is described in the collected biographical sources as engaging communication media rather than remaining within a single traditional format. Sculpture also forms part of his documented history: a biographical source records that he received first prize for sculpture at the 1967 Canadian Sculpture Biennial. During the 1960s and 1970s, Levine collaborated with artists, critics, and poets on artworks and publications, placing his work within a wider network of experimental cultural production. Stable identifiers from Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, and MoMA help distinguish him from similarly named people. Collectors may therefore encounter his name in connection with video and media works, conceptual projects, sculpture, publications, and other documentation arising from an interdisciplinary practice.

## Common works and media

Works associated with Les Levine may appear as video or media art, conceptual projects using communication media, sculpture, and artist or collaborative publications. His documented activity during the 1960s and 1970s also places archival and publication-related material within the broader context of his practice. The collected sources do not provide a reliable inventory of specific editions, formats, components, or recurring subjects. Those details should be established from the individual object, its accompanying documentation, and relevant catalogue or auction records rather than inferred from the artist's name alone.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's collected signal associates 171 auction records with Les Levine. That count demonstrates auction visibility, but it does not mean that every record is directly comparable. Levine's documented practice spans video and media art, conceptual projects, sculpture, and publications, so appraisal research should separate records by work type and medium before comparing sale dates, realized prices, or related lots. The present source pack does not include detailed auction-house cataloguing about provenance, condition, edition structure, completeness, or authenticity. It therefore supports neither a price trend nor a claim of scarcity, and any valuation should remain tied to the specific object's documentation and genuinely comparable public sales.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records and, when available, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. These inputs support research and appraisal context but do not independently authenticate a work.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18023286
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500110692
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/8199192/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80070738
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/3514
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Levine
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Levine
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/les-levine/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Les_Levine_Bio-Tech_Rehearsals_1965-1975,_Panel_Discussion.jpg