id:			320440
accession number:	2018.1009
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.1009
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:21.519000

Subway: Untitled, 1980. Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933). Chromogenic print; image: 22.8 x 34.2 cm (9 x 13 7/16 in.); paper: 27.8 x 35.5 cm (10 15/16 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.1009

title:				Untitled
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series:				Subway
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creation date:			1980
creation date earliest:		1980
creation date latest:		1980
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of an anonymous donor
copyright:			

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	Chromogenic print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1951-Present
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 22.8 x 34.2 cm (9 x 13 7/16 in.); Paper: 27.8 x 35.5 cm (10 15/16 x 14 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Written in black ink on verso: "Bruce Davidson (signed)"
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	inscription:	Commercially imprinted throughout verso: "FUJIFILM/Fujicolor Crystal Archive/Paper"
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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:
Davidson carried a whistle and knife while photographing in the New York subway; in the 1970s it was plagued by muggings.

digital description:
Although he was inspired by Walker Evan’s covert shots of subway riders from the mid-1930s, Davidson wanted his subjects to be aware of his camera. He asked and received permission from transit authorities and the riders in his photographs. Like Evans, Davidson captures the claustrophobic environment of the subway car, a space that Davidson viewed as the dark and dangerous underworld of the city.

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