id: 317497
accession number: 2018.747
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.747
updated: 2023-03-22 03:05:19.711000
Brooklyn Gang: Untitled (41640), 1959. Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933). Gelatin silver print on resin-coated paper; paper: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.747 © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos
title: Untitled (41640)
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series: Brooklyn Gang
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creation date: 1959
creation date earliest: 1959
creation date latest: 1959
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creditline: Gift of an anonymous donor
copyright: © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: gelatin silver print on resin-coated paper
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: Paper: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
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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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
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fun fact:
One of Davidson’s best-known series, Brooklyn Gang was inspired by a news story about a fight involving a teenage gang called the Jokers.
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“The hole,” a space 3½ feet wide by 30 feet long between two buildings, was one of the places where the Jokers went to drink beer, smoke pot, and occasionally pop a pill. “We used to have the big guys buy full quarts of beer,” remembered Bob Powers. “Then we’d go down in the hole, open one at a time, and pass it around until they were empty.” A pipe six feet above the bottom of the hole “was like our ‘high bar,’” recalled Powers. “We’d all do tricks and flips on this thing.”
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