The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Untitled

Untitled

1959
(American, b. 1933)
Image: 15.9 x 23.9 cm (6 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.); Paper: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)
© 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

Here, some of the Jokers hang out in front of Helen’s Candy Store, which was located on their block and served as a neighborhood community center, soda fountain, and newsstand. It also had a pay phone. It was the Jokers’ home away from home.
  • Bruce Davidson: Brooklyn Gang. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 25, 2020-June 13, 2021).
  • {{cite web|title=Untitled|url=false|author=Bruce Davidson|year=1959|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.720