{ "data": { "id": 317474, "accession_number": "2018.724", "share_license_status": "Copyrighted", "tombstone": "Brooklyn Gang: Untitled, 1959. Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933). Gelatin silver print; image: 24.7 x 17.8 cm (9 3/4 x 7 in.); paper: 25.8 x 20.2 cm (10 3/16 x 7 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of an anonymous donor, 2018.724. \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: 24.7 x 17.8 cm (9 3/4 x 7 in.); Paper: 25.8 x 20.2 cm (10 3/16 x 7 15/16 in.)", "dimensions": { "paper": { "height": 0.258, "height_inch": 10, "height_inch_fraction": 0.1875, "width": 0.202, "width_inch": 7, "width_inch_fraction": 0.9375 }, "image": { "height": 0.247, "height_inch": 9, "height_inch_fraction": 0.75, "width": 0.178, "width_inch": 7, "width_inch_fraction": 0.0 } }, "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\"", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "Imprinted in red and black type on white adhesive label on verso: \"52649 [155]\"", "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": "Imprinted in black type on white paper label adhered to verso: \"[bar code] S00092195_d/\u00a9 Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos/USA. NYC. Brooklyn Gang./USA. New York. New York City. 1959. Brooklyn Gang./\u00a9 BRUCE DAVIDSON/MAGNUM/DAB 1959007 W00193/58-59 NYC6298/Bruce Davidson [signed in pencil]/No photograph or digital file may be reproduced, cropped or modified (digitally or otherwise) and its caption may not be altered without prior written/agreement from Magnum or a Magnum representative.\"", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "Written in pencil on verso: \"3G Scope 3/25\"", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "Imprinted in black type on white adhesive label on verso: \"YOUTH/Davidson/The Gang, #2\"", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "Imprinted in black type on white adhesive label on verso: \"Magnum Photos Inc. (c) 1995 Bruce Davidson/[bar code]/PEO 34DAB003+001/Tattooed, teenage boy holding a pigeon\"", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "Stamped in black ink on verso: \"THIS PRINT/IS NOT TO/BE MOUNTED/OR AIRBRUSHED\"", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "Written in pencil on verso: \"Bruce Davidson\"", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "Stamped in black ink on verso, partially obscured by adhesive label: \"NEW YORK/LOG REF:/TO BE RETURNED\"", "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.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "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/Q79876398" ], "internet_archive": [] }, "citations": [], "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.724", "images": {}, "alternate_images": [], "creditline": "Gift of an anonymous donor", "image_credit": null, "sketchfab_id": null, "sketchfab_url": null, "gallery_donor_text": null, "athena_id": 317474, "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 06:53:55.087000" } }