The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 18, 2025

Black-and-white photograph of two people with light skin tones laying in an embrace as they kiss in the back seat of a car, road visible through the widow behind them. A shirtless man lays with his feat up on the back of the seat and his back in the lap of a woman. The woman wraps her arm around his neck and bends over to kiss him.

Untitled (41634)

1959
(American, b. 1933)
America
gelatin silver print on resin-coated paper
Paper: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.748
© 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 about a teenage gang called the Jokers.

Description

The gang member making out in the back seat of a car on the way home from Coney Island is Lefty, identifiable by his tattoo. “We always wondered why the girls liked him,” recalled Jokers member Bob Powers. “We never thought he was good-looking, but all the girls loved him. It was amazing.”
  • Tannenbaum, Barbara. “Bruce Davidson: The great American photographer’s series on Brooklyn street gangs taps themes of belonging and identity.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 60, no. 4 (Fall 2020): 6-7. Reproduced: P. 7; Mentioned: P. 6-7.
  • Bruce Davidson: Brooklyn Gang. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 25, 2020-June 13, 2021).
  • {{cite web|title=Untitled (41634)|url=false|author=Bruce Davidson|year=1959|access-date=18 May 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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