The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Untitled
1959
(American, b. 1933)
Paper: 13.9 x 17.6 cm (5 1/2 x 6 15/16 in.); Image: 11.4 x 16.9 cm (4 1/2 x 6 5/8 in.)
Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.716
© 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 Jokers roughhoused and fought among themselves but were not allowed to hurt each other. Real violence was reserved for those in other gangs or occasionally for civilians. “Did we fight with chains and pipes and knives? Yeah,” gang member Bob Powers reminisced years later. “Did people get stabbed? Yeah, people got stabbed. And people got their heads cracked open with bats.”- Bruce Davidson: Brooklyn Gang. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 25, 2020-June 13, 2021).
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