100 Boots Up. Del Mar, California. June 28, 1972, 1:30 p.m.

1972

Eleanor Antin

Associated Names
Eleanor Antin

Artist, American, born 1935

Phel Steinmetz

Photographer, American, 1944 - 2013

Frye & Smith, Ltd.

Printer, American, founded 1896

This is a photograph of a roller coaster loop. The image captures part of a roller coaster track forming a circular loop, with several cars visible on the track. The photograph is in black and white. The frame is filled with the roller coaster structure, emphasizing its metal framework and the curve of the loop against a pale sky. The perspective evokes the thrill of the ride.
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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 Number

    2015.205.26

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

upper center illegible postmarks stamped in black ink; on verso, top left printed in black ink: 201 Pacific Ave., Solana Beach, California 92075; top right eight-cent stamp: UNITED STATES 8c [in red ink]; top right rectangular postmark stamped in black ink: ALWAYS USE / ZIP CODE; 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: Laurence McGilvery / P.O. Box 852 / La Jolla, Calif. 92037; bottom left printed in black ink: Eleanor Antin / 100 BOOTS UP / Del Mar, California / June 28, 1972 1:30 P.M. / (Photo: Philip Steinmetz); by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: No.26

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