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accession number: 2018.683
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.683
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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)
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
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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
Bruce Davidson: Brooklyn Gang. 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, Brooklyn Gang was inspired by a news story about a teenage gang called the Jokers.
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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 Howl 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.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 60, no. 4 (Fall 2020): 6-7.
page number: Reproduced: P. 6; Mentioned: P. 6-7.
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