id: 317470 accession number: 2018.720 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.720 updated: 2022-01-04 18:09:10.489000 Brooklyn Gang: Untitled, 1959. Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933). Gelatin silver print; image: 15.9 x 23.9 cm (6 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.); paper: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.720 © 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: creditline: Gift of an anonymous donor copyright: © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos --- culture: America, 20th century 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: Image: 15.9 x 23.9 cm (6 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.); Paper: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in pencil on verso: "Bruce Davidson (signed)" translation: remark: inscription: Written in pencil on verso: "59-7-222/23" translation: remark: inscription: 51589 translation: remark: --- 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: Here, some of the Jokers hang out in front of Helen’s Candy Store, which was located on their block and served as a neighborhood community center, soda fountain, and newsstand. It also had a pay phone. It was the Jokers’ home away from home. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES