

Lunch Break
2025
Lunch Break (2025) places the viewer in a fleeting moment of everyday rest, rendered through Aubrey Levinthal's characteristic monotype process with a warmth that feels both documentary and intimate. The medium suits the subject with quiet precision, as monotype's soft, unrepeatable impressions mirror the transient quality of a pause in the working day, a breath held briefly before routine resumes. Levinthal's handling of the figure in repose carries her long-standing interest in women's interior lives and the overlooked textures of domestic and social experience, finding in a simple lunch break a subject rich with unspoken feeling. Levinthal works primarily in Philadelphia and has built a devoted following among collectors drawn to figurative work that resists sentimentality while remaining deeply human. Her monotypes are among her most immediate and sought-after objects, produced one at a time in a process that makes each sheet genuinely singular. The physical qualities of Lunch Break, measuring 65.7 by 56.8 centimetres and presented in a frame included with the work, reward close attention, with the slight velvety texture of the ink surface and the tonal transitions that only this medium can produce. Signed by the artist and offered through Ingleby Gallery, Lunch Break represents a strong entry point into Levinthal's practice for new collectors and a natural complement for those already holding her paintings or works on paper. The work's modest scale belies its emotional presence, and its focus on an unguarded, unglamorous moment gives it a durability that more theatrical subjects rarely achieve.
- Medium
- Monotype
- Sheet
- Framed
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Ingleby GalleryView on map
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