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Untitled (40021)
1959
Bruce Davidson
Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933)
Photography
Brooklyn Gang: Untitled (40021), 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 2018.682 © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos “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.” One of Davidson’s best-known series, Brooklyn Gang was inspired by a news story he read about a teenage gang called the Jokers.
- Maker/Artist
- Davidson, Bruce
- Classification
- Photograph
- Formatted Medium
- gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Paper: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.)
- Departments
- Photography
- Accession Number
- 2018.682
- Credit Line
- Gift of an anonymous donor
- Exhibitions
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