id:			317447
accession number:	2018.698
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.698
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:19.441000

Brooklyn Gang: Untitled (45469), 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 2018.698 © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos

title:				Untitled (45469)
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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 he read about a gang feud.

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Davidson contacted the Jokers, one of Brooklyn’s roughest gangs, through their social worker. In the summer of 1959, Davidson roamed the streets of New York with these teens, loitered in stores that the Jokers called their own, and sunbathed with them on the beach at Coney Island. Eventually they allowed him to photograph even their most intimate, private moments. He responded by producing unflinchingly honest images of these American youths.

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