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100 Boots Go East, Del Mar, California, Sept. 8, 1971, 2:00 P.M.
100 Boots Go East, Del Mar, California, Sept. 8, 1971, 2:00 P.M.
Object number1973.24.5

100 Boots Go East, Del Mar, California, Sept. 8, 1971, 2:00 P.M.

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series 100 Boots
Date1971-1973
Artist (American, 1935-)
photographed by (American, 1944 - 2013)
CultureAmerican
MediumOffset-printed postcard (halftone)
DimensionsSheet: 4 1/2 x 7 in. (11.4 x 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
On View
Not on view
Period20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn verso, printed upper left edge: Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53 St., N.Y.C.; upper right: POST CARD / ADDRESS; center left: MAY 30 - JULY 8, 1973; lower left: Eleanor Antin / 100 BOOTS GO EAST / Del Mar, California / Sept. 8, 1971 2:00 P.M. / (Photo: Philip Steinmetz); typed on label, affixed right center: Vassar College Art Gallery / Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: 73.24.5
MarkingsOn recto, stamped [inverse of stamps on verso] upper left edge; on verso, stamped upper right [within a circle outline]: U.S. POSTAL SERVICE.CA920 / MAY 11 / PM / 1973; stamped upper right corner [within rectangle outline]: MORE WILL LIVE / THE MORE YOU GIVE / HEART FUND
BibliographyBrier, Jessica D.. On the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College in association with Scala Arts Publishers, Inc., 2022, pl. 10 ProvenanceGift of the artist
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryOn the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, August 20 - December 22, 2022

Label TextHumor finds its way into each of Eleanor Antin’s postcards in her "100 Boots" series. In the early 1970s, Antin took 100 rubber black boots across New York and California, staging them in various urban and non-urban settings. She printed and distributed these photographs of the boots in the form of postcards, adding another layer of travel to their ongoing journey.
DescriptionBlack and white image of a landscape with a railroad at center right curving to the left and a series of powerlines at left.
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