id: 317429 accession number: 2018.680 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.680 updated: 2022-01-04 18:09:04.987000 Brooklyn Gang: Untitled (40046), 1959. Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933). Gelatin silver print; paper: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.680 © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos title: Untitled (40046) title in original language: series: Brooklyn Gang series in original language: creation date: 1959 creation date earliest: 1959 creation date latest: 1959 current location: creditline: Gift of an anonymous donor copyright: © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos --- culture: America technique: gelatin silver print department: Photography collection: PH - American 1951-Present type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933) - artist --- measurements: Paper: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Bruce Davidson: Brooklyn Gang opening date: 2020-10-25T04:00:00 Bruce Davidson: Brooklyn Gang. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 25, 2020-June 13, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: One of Davidson’s best-known series, Brooklyn Gang was inspired by a news story he read about a teenage gang called the Jokers. digital description: In the 1950s, almost every residential block in New York had a candy store that served as community center, soda fountain, and newsstand, with a pay phone. Helen’s Candy Store was the Jokers’ home away from home. “Helen was like our mother,” recalled gang member Bob Powers. Most of the members were 15 or 16 years old. Over the years, some members died from cirrhosis, drugs, and shootings, but others went on to become police officers, a clerk for the state supreme court, an electrician, a transit worker, a hospital administrator, and a singer. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES