id:			317456
accession number:	2018.707
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.707
updated:		2022-01-04 18:09:08.794000

Brooklyn Gang: Untitled, 1959. Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933). Gelatin silver print; image: 25.6 x 16.5 cm (10 1/16 x 6 1/2 in.); paper: 27.7 x 17.6 cm (10 7/8 x 6 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.707 © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos

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

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culture:	America, 20th century
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: Image: 25.6 x 16.5 cm (10 1/16 x 6 1/2 in.); Paper: 27.7 x 17.6 cm (10 7/8 x 6 15/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "Youth The Gang"
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	inscription:	Imprinted in black type on white adhesive label on verso: "Youth/Davidson/The Gang #3"
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	inscription:	Imprinted in black type on white adhesive label on verso: "CONS #86493/CARRIE CHALMERS"
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	inscription:	Written in blue ink on verso: "59-7"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "Bruce Davidson (signed)"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "65145"
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	inscription:	Written in black crayon on verso: "OA640"
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	inscription:	Stamped in blue ink on verso: "PLEASE CREDIT/BRUCE DAVIDSON/MAGNUM PHOTOS INC./15 West 47th Street/New York 36, N.Y."
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	inscription:	Stamped in black ink on verso: "MAGNUM/PHOTO LIBRARY PRINT/NEW YORK/PRINT REF: 51347 [written in pencil] 14085 [written in pencil and crossed out]/LOG REF: 992 [written in pencil and crossed out] 1494 [written in pencil and crossed out] 6129 [written in pencil and crossed out]/TO BE RETURNED."
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "2B 32077"
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	inscription:	Imprinted in black type on white adhesive label on verso: "48-01 PEOPLE/YOUTH, SPECIAL STORIES/D. DAVIDSON-THE GANG #3"
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	inscription:	52668
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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.

digital description: 
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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