100 Boots in the Market. Solana Beach, California. May 17, 1971, 9:30 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

    2015.205.4


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: U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, CA 920 / PM / 7 JUN / 1971; top right rectangular postmark stamped in black ink: ALWAYS USE / ZIP CODE; top right eight-cent stamp: 8c / EISENHOWER. USA; upper center printed in black ink perpendicular: FRYE & SMITH, LTD., SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA; upper right printed in black ink: POST CARD / ADDRESS; center right printed in black ink on applied label and crossed out in blue ink: Laurence McGilvery / 7769 Eads / La Jolla, California 92037; by unknown hand, lower right in blue ink circled: 852; bottom left printed in black ink: Eleanor Antin / 100 BOOTS IN THE MARKET / Solana Beach, California / May 17, 1971 9:30 A.M. / (Photo: Philip Steinmetz); by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: No.4


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