The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 23, 2024
Untitled (51251)
1959
(American, b. 1933)
Paper: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)
Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.702
© 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.Description
One of the gang members—Bob Powers—suggested that Davidson follow him to a rooftop on the gang’s block. “I remember thinking,” said Davidson, “‘This kid’s going to throw me off the roof and then rob me,’ but he’s pointing down at the stickball game (an informal form of baseball played in the street) and saying, ‘Get that,’ and saying: ‘Oh, there’s the Statue of Liberty. You can see it through all these television antennas.’”- Bruce Davidson: Brooklyn Gang. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 25, 2020-June 13, 2021).
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