id: 317509
accession number: 2018.759
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.759
updated: 2023-03-22 03:05:19.775000
Brooklyn Gang: Untitled (40017), 1959. Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933). Gelatin silver print; paper: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.759 © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos
title: Untitled (40017)
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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
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: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 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:
Davidson’s series Brooklyn Gang was inspired by a news story he read about a fight involving a teenage gang called the Jokers.
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Holy Name Church, seen in the background, anchored the Jokers’ neighborhood. The gang members, most of whom were of Irish or Polish descent, all attended Catholic school. “Some of us got thrown out,” recalled member Bob Powers, “but it didn’t stop our families. We still had to go to mass on Sunday. And the statue with the Christ on the cross and the Blessed Mother, every time we passed that, no matter what, we would bless ourselves.” Powers’s family received money for food from the church.
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