id:			317476
accession number:	2018.726
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.726
updated:		2023-08-24 01:25:49.980000

Brooklyn Gang: Untitled, 1959. Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933). Gelatin silver print; image: 16.9 x 25.6 cm (6 5/8 x 10 1/16 in.); paper: 27.1 x 35 cm (10 11/16 x 13 3/4 in.); mounted: 27.1 x 35 cm (10 11/16 x 13 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.726 © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos

title:				Untitled
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series:				Brooklyn Gang
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creation date:			1959
creation date earliest:		1959
creation date latest:		1959
current location:		
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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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Image: 16.9 x 25.6 cm (6 5/8 x 10 1/16 in.); Paper: 27.1 x 35 cm (10 11/16 x 13 3/4 in.); Mounted: 27.1 x 35 cm (10 11/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "18"
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	inscription:	Written in blue ink on white adhesive label on verso: "#84424"
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	inscription:	Imprinted in black type on white adhesive label on verso: "NOTICE/Photographs must be credited to the photographer and/MAGNUM PHOTOS. Photographs my 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."
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "Bruce Davidson (signed)"
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	inscription:	Written in black ink on verso: "Bruce Davidson/Magnum"
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	inscription:	Stamped in red ink on verso: "HISTORICAL"
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	inscription:	Written in black ink on verso: "50's/Youth"
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	inscription:	Magnum photo library stamp on verso, partially obscured by paper label
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	inscription:	Imprinted in black type on white paper label adhered to verso: "Magnum Photos Inc. (c) 1959 Bruce Davidson/[bar code]/DAB597W PEH 487DAB031+001/NYC. 1959. Three young men lounge next to a/turntable, two standing with records in their/hands while the other sits."
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "Davidson"
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	inscription:	53246
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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-June 13, 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 about a teenage gang called the Jokers.

digital description:
Grammar school P.S. 10 was near the Jokers’ turf, recalled former gang member Bob Powers. “Some of the teachers were cops and correction officers. They let us play basketball and have dances. Although we were a little older, they still let us in because we needed a place to hang out. There were little 45 records like ‘At the Hop’ [released in 1957] and we would dance the Lindy,” which they probably learned from their parents, since it originated in the 1920s and reached its peak of popularity in the 1930s and 1940s.

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