100 Boots on the Porch. Sorrento Valley, California. October 8, 1971, 12:15 p.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

2015.205.12

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: SOLANA BEACH, CA / NOV 29 / AM / 1971 / 92075; top right postmark stamped in black ink: [parallel wavy lines]; top right eight-cent stamp: 8c / EISENHOWER USA [in red ink]; upper right printed in black ink: POST CARD / ADDRESS; center printed in black ink perpendicular: FRYE & SMITH, LTD., SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA; 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 ON THE PORCH / Sorrento Valley, California / Oct. 8, 1971 12:15 P.M. / (Photo: Philip Steinmetz); by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: No.12

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