id:			317504
accession number:	2018.754
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.754
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:19.749000

Brooklyn Gang: Untitled (40078), 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 2018.754 © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos

title:				Untitled (40078)
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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
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: Paper: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.)
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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:
The pleasures and agonies of teenage romance are captured in Bruce Davidson’s photographs of the gang’s dance parties, which were held variously in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, at a neighborhood school, and in members’ homes. The basement wallpaper seen here—with its fairy-tale figures including horses, queens, knights, marionettes, and jokers—suggests a domestic setting. The event could have been a farewell party for an older gang member going off to join the army, which was a common occurrence. This image shows the photographer dancing in the center; he must have asked another partygoer to take this shot.

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