Skip to Main Content
Brooklyn Gang

Untitled (52637)

1959
(American, b. 1933)
America
gelatin silver print
Paper: 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.)
Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.715
© Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos
Location: not on view
This artwork is known to be under copyright.

Download, Print and Share

Did You Know?

One of Davidson’s best-known series, Brooklyn Gang was inspired by a news story he read about a teenage gang called the Jokers.

Description

“We used to hang out in [Brooklyn’s] Prospect Park all the time,” recalled Jokers member Bob Powers. “We did a lot of drinking and sleeping overnight in the park. . . . The cops with their bats would push us along, tell us to move. We were very defiant. If we moved, we moved ten feet. Then they had to tell us to move another ten feet. We’d kind of like move around in a circle and come back to where we originally started. The cops were mean at that time, but then we weren’t the best of kids either.”
Untitled (52637)

Untitled (52637)

1959

Bruce Davidson

(American, b. 1933)
America

See Also

Visually Similar Artworks

Contact us

The information about this object, including provenance, may not be currently accurate. If you notice a mistake or have additional information about this object, please email collectionsdata@clevelandart.org.

To request more information about this object, study images, or bibliography, contact the Ingalls Library Reference Desk.

All images and data available through Open Access can be downloaded for free. For images not available through Open Access, a detail image, or any image with a color bar, request a digital file from Image Services.