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David Levine's renowned caricature of Richard Nixon exaggerates the president's heavy jowls and dark 5 o'clock shadow, visually defining his legacy of political deception.
David Levine's pen-and-ink caricature of John F. Kennedy appeared in the New York Review of Books, where Levine's political portraits became a defining visual feature from 1963.
David Levine depicted Fidel Castro in the crosshatched pen-and-ink style he developed for the New York Review of Books, where his political caricatures ran for over four decades.
David Levine (1926–2009) created his pen-and-ink caricature of Dwight D. Eisenhower for the New York Review of Books, where his incisive portraits appeared from 1963 onward.
David Levine's controversial caricature of Henry Kissinger depicts the diplomat with a grotesque, swollen, vein-covered head, symbolizing the heavy weight of geopolitical power.
David Levine's caricature of Norman Mailer highlights the author's pugnacious, self-important persona, rendering his muscular tension and aggressive facial features.
