100 Boots Down. Carmel Valley, California. July 6, 1972, 10:50 a.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

The image shows a black and white view of a graveyard from a low angle. Several wooden crosses with various weathering patterns are placed on rocky and uneven terrain. A collection of black boots is arranged vertically in the soil among the crosses. Dark foliage on the horizon separates the earth from the sky. The monochrome color palette emphasizes textures and contrasts in the landscape. The sky is mostly clear with faint clouds against a light sky.
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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

    2015.205.27

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 left illegible postmarks stamped in black ink; upper center stamped in black ink: 12; 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 / 30 OCT / 1972; top right printed in black ink: PLACE / STAMP / HERE; top right eight-cent stamp: UNITED STATES 8c [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: Laurence McGilvery / P.O. Box 852 / La Jolla, Calif. 92037; bottom left printed in black ink: Eleanor Antin / 100 BOOTS DOWN / Carmel Valley, California / July 6, 1972 10:50 A.M. / (Photo: Philip Steinmetz); by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: No.27

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