100 Boots Enter the Museum. 11 West 53rd Street, New York City. May 15, 1973, 10:50 a.m.

1973

Eleanor Antin

Associated Names
Eleanor Antin

Artist, American, born 1935

Phel Steinmetz

Photographer, American, 1944 - 2013

This is a photograph of a city sidewalk with a line of black boots at the curb. The image shows a row of identical boots positioned along the edge of a sidewalk. A building facade, with posters and advertisements in the windows, forms the backdrop. The street is quiet, with an overcast atmosphere suggested by the shadows and lighting. The boots create a rhythmic pattern along the sidewalk, their uniformity contrasting with the rectilinear lines of the architecture. The photograph's composition includes both the horizontal lines of the building and the vertical lines of the boots.
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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

    2015.205.50

  • Series Title

    100 Boots

Associated Artworks

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The image displays a series of evenly spaced posts extending horizontally, creating vertical lines at the boundary between the sky and land. In the foreground, there are irregular shapes covering a sandy surface. The overall scene suggests a connection to a shoreline or a desert-like landscape with a distant barrier in the background.

100 Boots Facing the Sea. Del Mar, California. February 9, 1971, 2:00 p.m.

Eleanor Antin, Phel Steinmetz, Frye & Smith, Ltd.

1971

The image shows a quiet suburban street with a large church on the right. The church has tall windows along a white rectangular structure topped with a dark steeple. Black boots line the sidewalk leading to the church. A palm tree appears on the left, with smaller homes in the background. A streetlight and power lines are visible overhead.

100 Boots on the Way to Church. Solana Beach, California, February 9, 1971, 11:30 a.m.

Eleanor Antin, Phel Steinmetz, Frye & Smith, Ltd.

1971

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

top center circular postmark stamped in black ink inverted: BOSTON / JUN 29 / AM / 1973; top right postmark stamped in black ink: [parallel wavy lines]; on verso, top left printed in black ink: The Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53 St., N.Y.C.; top right postmark stamped in blue ink: NEW YORK / JUN 27'73 / N.Y. / U.S. POSTAGE / 08 : / P.B / METER / 145559; 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; 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 ENTER THE MUSEUM / 11 W. 53 St., New York City / May 15, 1973 10:50 A.M. / (Photo: Philip Steinmetz); by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: No.50

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