100 Boots Under the Bridge. Sorrento Valley, California. July 26, 1971, 1:30 p.m.

1971

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 rubber boots lined up under a wooden bridge. The image shows a wooden bridge structure with supportive beams and standers. Underneath the bridge, a series of rubber boots are neatly arranged on the ground. The photograph captures the contrasting textures of the wood, ground, and boot material in black and white. The angle of the shot is low, focusing on the partial view of the bridge and the boots in the shaded area beneath.
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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

    2015.205.33

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 4A / PM / 29 JAN / 1973; top right illegible rectangular postmark stamped in black ink; top right eight-cent stamp: 8c / EISENHOWER. USA; upper center stamped in purple ink: 2; 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 UNDER THE BRIDGE / Sorrento Valley, California / July 26, 1971 1:30 P.M. / (Photo: Philip Steinmetz); by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: No.33

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