Untitled (41640)

1959
(American, b. 1933)
Paper: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
© Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos
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Location: not on view

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

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“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.” A pipe six feet above the bottom of the hole “was like our ‘high bar,’” recalled Powers. “We’d all do tricks and flips on this thing.”
Untitled (41640)

Untitled (41640)

1959

Bruce Davidson

(American, b. 1933)
America, 20th century

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