100 Boots at the Bank. Solana Beach, California. February 9, 1971, 10:00 a.m.

1971

Eleanor Antin

Artist, American, born 1935

Phel Steinmetz

Photographer, American, 1944 - 2013

Frye & Smith, Ltd.

Printer, American, founded 1896

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    halftone print (postcard)

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 11.5 × 17.75 cm (4 1/2 × 7 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.205.3

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: 3 SAN DIEGO / APR 26 / PM / 1971 / CALIF.; top right rectangular postmark stamped in black ink: EASTER / SEALS / FIGHT CRIPPLING; 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; by unknown hand, center right in graphite circled: 852; center right printed in black ink on applied label and crossed out in graphite: Laurence McGilvery / 7769 Eads / La Jolla, California 92037; bottom left printed in black ink: Eleanor Antin / 100 BOOTS AT THE BANK / Solana Beach, California / Feb. 9, 1971 10:00 A.M. / (Photo: Philip Steinmetz); by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: No.3

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