id:			317432
accession number:	2018.683
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.683
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:19.355000

Brooklyn Gang: Untitled (45470), 1959. Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933). Gelatin silver print; paper: 76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.683 © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos

title:				Untitled (45470)
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series:				Brooklyn Gang
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creation date:			1959
creation date earliest:		1959
creation date latest:		1959
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of an anonymous donor
copyright:			© Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos

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culture:	America
technique:	gelatin silver 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: Paper: 76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Bruce Davidson: Brooklyn Gang
	opening date:   2020-10-25T04:00:00
	<i>Bruce Davidson: Brooklyn Gang</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 25, 2020-June 13, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:
One of Davidson’s best-known series, <em>Brooklyn Gang</em> was inspired by a news story about a teenage gang called the Jokers.

digital description:
Shown here at Coney Island, Joker Artie Giammarino, who later became a police officer, rolls up his sleeve while Cathy O’Neal, “beautiful like Brigitte Bardot,” according to fellow gang member Bob Powers, fixes her hair using the mirror on a cigarette machine. At 13 she started dating gang member Junior Rice, the epitome of “cool,” who carried counterculture Beat poet Allen Ginsberg’s poem <em>Howl </em>in his back pocket. Before she had turned 15, Cathy got pregnant and married Junior, but the couple later divorced. Junior became a heroin dealer and user. Years after their divorce, Cathy committed suicide by shotgun.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Tannenbaum, Barbara, "Bruce Davidson: The great American photographer's series on Brooklyn street gangs taps themes of belonging and identity.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>60, no. 4 (Fall 2020): 6-7.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 6; Mentioned: P. 6-7.
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