100 Boots Facing the Sea. Del Mar, California. February 9, 1971, 2:00 p.m.
1971
Artist, American, born 1935
Photographer, American, 1944 - 2013
Printer, American, founded 1896
Artwork overview
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Medium
halftone print (postcard)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 11.5 × 17.75 cm (4 1/2 × 7 in.)
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Accession
2015.205.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Eleanor Antin, San Diego, CA; Larry McGilvery, La Jolla, CA; Danny and Mary Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; (Joseph Bellows Gallery, La Jolla, CA); NGA purchase, 2015.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2025
The '70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 6, 2024–April 6, 2025
Inscriptions
on verso, top left printed in black ink: 201 Pacific Ave., Solana Beach, California 92075; top center circular postmark stamped in black ink: SAN DIEGO. CALIF. 1A / PM / 15 MAR / 1971; top right rectangular postmark stamped in black ink: ALWAYS USE / ZIP CODE; top right six-cent stamp: 6c / EISENHOWER. USA; upper right printed in black ink: POST CARD / ADDRESS; center printed in black ink perpendicular: FRYE & SMITH, LTD., SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA; lower right printed in black ink on applied label: Laurence McGilvery / 7769 Eads / La Jolla, California 92037; bottom left printed in black ink: Eleanor Antin / 100 BOOTS FACING THE SEA / Del Mar, California / Feb. 9, 1971 2:00 P.M. / (Photo: Philip Steinmetz); by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: No.1