id: 317463 accession number: 2018.713 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.713 updated: 2023-01-12 01:49:21.416000 Brooklyn Gang: Untitled (51256), 1959. Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933). Gelatin silver print; paper: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.713 © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos title: Untitled (51256) 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 --- culture: America technique: gelatin silver print department: Photography collection: PH - American 1951-Present type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933) - artist --- measurements: Paper: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: One of Davidson’s best-known series, Brooklyn Gang was inspired by a news story he read about a teenage gang called the Jokers. digital description: Most of the gang members were 15 or 16 years old. “No matter where it was,” reminisced Jokers member Bob Powers, “we used to carve our names.” Pete, whose name is on the Coca Cola cooler, was one of the Jokers. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES