The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Untitled (40021)
1959
(American, b. 1933)
Paper: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.)
Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.682
© Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos
Location: not on view
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
“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.”- Bruce Davidson: Brooklyn Gang. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 25, 2020-June 13, 2021).
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