The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Untitled
1959
(American, b. 1933)
Image: 16 x 23.9 cm (6 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.); Paper: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.719
© 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 gang feud.Description
This rooftop view in Park Slope, Brooklyn, was taken from a building in the gang’s “turf,” which was a block anchored by the intersection of 17th Street and 8th Avenue. Davidson spent the summer hanging out with the gang and photographing them. Describing his process, the artist said, “I stay a long time. . . . I am an outsider on the inside.” Park Slope, now one of New York’s most desirable neighborhoods, was then a poor, mostly Irish area.- Bruce Davidson: Brooklyn Gang. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 25, 2020-June 13, 2021).
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