100 Boots on Reconnaissance. Sorrento Valley, California. June 24, 1972, 9:30 a.m.
1972
Eleanor Antin
Artist, American, born 1935
Photographer, American, 1944 - 2013
Printer, American, founded 1896
Artwork overview
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Medium
halftone print (postcard)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 11.5 × 17.75 cm (4 1/2 × 7 in.)
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Accession Number
2015.205.36
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 / PM / 5 MAR / 1973; top right printed in black ink: PLACE / STAMP / HERE; top right rectangular postmark stamped in black ink: ALWAYS USE / ZIP CODE; top right eight-cent stamp: 8c / 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 / P.O. Box 852 / La Jolla, Calif. 92037; bottom left printed in black ink: Eleanor Antin / 100 BOOTS ON RECONAISSANCE [sic] / Sorrento Valley, California / June 24, 1972 9:30 A.M. / (Photo: Philip Steinmetz); by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: No.36