Davidson, Bruce. Untitled, 1959. gelatin silver print, Image: 24 x 15.9 cm (9 7/16 x 6 1/4 in.); Paper: 25.3 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.). Gift of an anonymous donor, 2018.706. Copyrighted undefined.

Untitled

1959

Bruce Davidson

Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933)

Photography

Brooklyn Gang: Untitled, 1959. Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933). Gelatin silver print; image: 24 x 15.9 cm (9 7/16 x 6 1/4 in.); paper: 25.3 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.706 © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos The museum owns several groups of images from that series that were taken during the same shoot at Coney Island. They provide a rare glimpse of the artist’s selection process (see 2018.688, 2018.694, 2018.696, 2018.697, 2018.701, and 2018.735). The size of these prints, and the fact that the artist printed them long after they were shot, suggest he considered all four images worthwhile. One of Davidson’s best-known series, Brooklyn Gang was inspired by a news story about a teenage gang called the Jokers.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Davidson, Bruce
Classification: Photograph
Formatted Medium: gelatin silver print
Medium: gelatin, silver, print
Dimensions: Image: 24 x 15.9 cm (9 7/16 x 6 1/4 in.); Paper: 25.3 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Written in pencil on verso: "[illegible] 130 1/2" Inscription: Written in pencil on verso: "Bruce Davidson (signed)/59-7-203/38" Inscription: Written in pencil on verso: "4" Inscription: 51586 Inscription: Commercially imprinted throughout verso: "Agfa" Inscription: Written in red crayon on recto: "K 12-1/4 K"
Departments: Photography
Accession Number: 2018.706
Credit Line: Gift of an anonymous donor
Exhibitions: Bruce Davidson: Brooklyn Gang
Rights Statement: Copyrighted undefined