id:			317464
accession number:	2018.714
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.714
updated:		2021-01-16 10:05:10.648000

Brooklyn Gang: Untitled, 1959. Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933). Gelatin silver print; image: 16.1 x 24 cm (6 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.); paper: 20.2 x 25.3 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.714 © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos

title:				Untitled
title in original language:	
series:				Brooklyn Gang
series in original language:	
creation date:			1959
creation date earliest:		1959
creation date latest:		1959
current location:		230 Photography
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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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 16.1 x 24 cm (6 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.); Paper: 20.2 x 25.3 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "Bruce Davidson (signed)"
	translation:	
	remark:		

	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "59-7-171/62"
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	remark:		

	inscription:	51594
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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-February 28, 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 teenage gang called the Jokers.

digital description: 
Helen’s Candy Store was the Jokers’ home away from home. Here, the teens enjoyed sodas, milkshakes, egg creams, lime rickeys (lime juice, simple syrup, and seltzer), ice cream, penny candy, and licorice. They read the comic books for sale and hung out. The gang members stole from many merchants but, according to Jokers member Bob Powers, never from Helen.

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