id:			317505
accession number:	2018.755
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.755
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:19.754000

Brooklyn Gang: Untitled (40019), 2009. 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 2018.755 © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos

title:				Untitled (40019)
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series:				Brooklyn Gang
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creation date:			2009
creation date earliest:		2009
creation date latest:		2009
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 Bruce Davidson’s best-known series, <em>Brooklyn Gang</em> was inspired by a news story he read about a teenage gang.

digital description:
Bob Powers, seen here 50 years after Davidson spent the summer with the Jokers gang, grew up in a dysfunctional household, as did most of the gang members. Illiterate and alcoholic, he dropped out of school at 16, became addicted to drugs, and dealt them. At 40, homeless and near death, he detoxed and finally learned to read. He became a drug counselor and, around 1998, contacted Davidson and ended up writing a memoir.

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