id: 317459
accession number: 2018.710
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.710
updated: 2023-03-22 03:05:19.514000
Brooklyn Gang: Untitled (52670), 1959. Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933). Gelatin silver print; paper: 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.710 © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos
title: Untitled (52670)
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: 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 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.
digital description:
The pleasures and agonies of teenage romance are captured in Bruce Davidson’s photographs of the gang’s dance parties, which were held variously in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, at a neighborhood school, and in members’ homes. The basement wallpaper seen here—with its fairy-tale figures, including horses, queens, knights, marionettes, and jokers—suggests a domestic setting. The event could have been a farewell party for an older gang member going off to join the army, which was a common occurrence.
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