id: 317493 accession number: 2018.743 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.743 updated: 2023-03-22 03:05:19.691000 Brooklyn Gang: Untitled (40037), 1959. Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933). Gelatin silver print; paper: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.743 © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos title: Untitled (40037) 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 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: Paper: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- 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 about a teenage gang called the Jokers. digital description: The gang member making out in the back seat of a car on the way home from Coney Island is Lefty, identifiable by his tattoo. “We always wondered why the girls liked him,” recalled Jokers member Bob Powers. “We never thought he was good-looking, but all the girls loved him. It was amazing.” wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES