100 Boots on the Way to Church. Solana Beach, California, February 9, 1971, 11:30 a.m., 1971

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series Title

100 Boots

Medium

halftone print (postcard)

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

Accession Number

2015.205.2

Artists / Makers

Eleanor Antin (artist) American, born 1935

Philip Steinmetz (photographer) American, 1944 - 2013

Frye & Smith, Ltd. (printer) American, founded 1896

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Inscription

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 92083 / PM / 8 APR / 1971; top right rectangular postmark stamped in black ink: PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK / VISIT YOUR SCHOOLS; 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 ON THE WAY TO CHURCH / Solana Beach, California / Feb. 9, 1971 11:30 A.M. / (Photo: Philip Steinmetz); by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: No.2

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

Joseph Bellows Gallery

Exhibition History

2025: The '70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 6, 2024–April 6, 2025