100 Boots Go East. Del Mar, California. September 8, 1971, 2:00 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

The image shows a curving railroad track disappearing into the distance, flanked by utility poles. On the left, the ground rises slightly with bushes and coastal vegetation. The monochrome palette emphasizes contrasts between the tracks, vegetation, and sky, creating a stark visual impression.
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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

    2015.205.45


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; on verso, top left printed in black ink: Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53 St., N.Y.C.; top center circular postmark stamped in black ink: U.S. POSTAL SERVICE. CA 920 / MAY 11 / PM / 1973; top right rectangular postmark stamped in black ink: MORE WILL LIVE / THE MORE YOU GIVE / HEART FUND; top right eight-cent stamp: UNITED STATES 8c [in red ink]; top right printed in black ink: PLACE / STAMP / HERE; upper right printed in black ink: POST CARD / ADDRESS; center left printed in black ink: MAY 30-JULY 8, 1973; 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 GO EAST / Del Mar, California / Sept. 8, 1971 2:00 P.M. / (Photo: Philip Steinmetz); by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: No.45


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