id: 317431 accession number: 2018.682 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.682 updated: 2023-03-22 03:05:19.350000 Brooklyn Gang: Untitled (40021), 1959. Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933). Gelatin silver print; paper: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.682 © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos title: Untitled (40021) 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: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 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: “The hole,” a space 3½ feet wide by 30 feet long between two buildings, was one of the places where the Jokers went to drink beer, smoke pot, and occasionally pop a pill. “We used to have the big guys buy full quarts of beer,” remembered Bob Powers. “Then we’d go down in the hole, open one at a time, and pass it around until they were empty.” wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES