{ "data": { "id": 317467, "accession_number": "2018.717", "share_license_status": "Copyrighted", "tombstone": "Brooklyn Gang: Untitled, 1959. Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933). Gelatin silver print; image: 16 x 23.7 cm (6 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.); paper: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of an anonymous donor, 2018.717. \u00a9 Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos", "current_location": null, "title": "Untitled", "series": "Brooklyn Gang", "creation_date": "1959", "creation_date_earliest": 1959, "creation_date_latest": 1959, "artists_tags": [ "Jewish artists", "male" ], "culture": [ "America" ], "technique": "gelatin silver print", "support_materials": [], "department": "Photography", "collection": "PH - American 1951-Present", "type": "Photograph", "measurements": "Image: 16 x 23.7 cm (6 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.); Paper: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)", "dimensions": { "paper": { "height": 0.203, "height_inch": 8, "height_inch_fraction": 0.0, "width": 0.252, "width_inch": 9, "width_inch_fraction": 0.9375 }, "image": { "height": 0.16, "height_inch": 6, "height_inch_fraction": 0.3125, "width": 0.237, "width_inch": 9, "width_inch_fraction": 0.3125 } }, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": "\u00a9 Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos", "inscriptions": [ { "inscription": "Imprinted in black type on white adhesive label on verso: \"48-01 PEOPLE/YOUTH, SPECIAL STORIES/D. DAVIDSON-The Gang #3\"", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "Written in black marker on verso: \"Youth-The Gang\"", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "Written in pencil on verso: \"5-Y-83\"", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "Written in pencil on verso: \"Bruce Davidson (signed)\"", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "Written in pencil on verso: \"65145\"", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "Stamped in black ink on verso: \"53143\"", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "Written in pencil on verso: \"2/17/84\"", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "Written in pencil on verso: \"59-7-187/36\"", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "Stamped in black ink on verso: \"Photograph By/Bruce Davidson/\u00a9 MAGNUM PHOTOS, INC./15 West 46th Street, N.Y.C. 10036\"", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "Imprinted in black type on white adhesive label on verso: \"Magnum Photos, Inc. (c) 1959 Bruce Davidson/[bar code]/DAB59007W187/36 PEH 48 DAB089+001/New York. 1959. \"The Gang.\" Greasy young man who has been working on a car.\"", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "Stamped in black ink on verso: \"MAGNUM/PHOTO LIBRARY PRINT/NEW YORK./63009 [written in pencil]/29094 [written in pencil and crossed out] 39427 [written in pencil and crossed out]/LOG REF: 15860 [written in pencil and crossed out] 20850 [written in pencil and crossed out]/47173 [written in pencil and crossed out] RETURNED 43784 [written in pencil and crossed out]\"", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "Imprinted in black type on white adhesive label on verso: \"NOTICE/Photographs must be credited to the photographer and/MAGNUM PHOTOS. Photographs may not be cropped/or altered in any way without prior written approval by/MAGNUM PHOTOS. Photographs consigned by/MAGNUM PHOTOS for your possible use may not be/scanned without the express written permission of/MAGNUM PHOTOS./VIOLATION OF THESE POLICIES WILL RESULT IN/FINES AT A MINIMUM OF 100% OF THE USAGE FEE.\"", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "52657", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null } ], "exhibitions": { "current": [], "legacy": [] }, "provenance": [], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "One of Davidson\u2019s best-known series, Brooklyn Gang, was inspired by a news story he read about a gang feud.", "description": "Davidson contacted the Jokers, one of Brooklyn\u2019s 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.", "external_resources": { "wikidata": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79876375" ], "internet_archive": [] }, "citations": [], "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.717", "images": {}, "alternate_images": [], "creditline": "Gift of an anonymous donor", "image_credit": null, "sketchfab_id": null, "sketchfab_url": null, "gallery_donor_text": null, "athena_id": 317467, "creators": [ { "id": 64191, "description": "Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933)", "extent": null, "qualifier": null, "role": "artist", "biography": null, "name_in_original_language": null, "birth_year": "1933", "use_in_caption": true, "include_extent": false, "weight": 1 } ], "legal_status": "accessioned", "accession_date": "2018-12-03T00:00:00-05:00", "sortable_date": 1959, "date_added_to_oa": null, "date_text": "1959", "collapse_artists": false, "on_loan": false, "recently_acquired": false, "record_type": "object", "conservation_statement": null, "has_conservation_images": false, "cover_accession_number": null, "is_nazi_era_provenance": false, "impression": null, "alternate_titles": [], "is_highlight": false, "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:53:55.034000" } }