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100 Boots Turn the Corner, Solana Beach, California, May 17, 1971, 2:00 P.M.
100 Boots Turn the Corner, Solana Beach, California, May 17, 1971, 2:00 P.M.
Object number1973.24.27

100 Boots Turn the Corner, Solana Beach, California, May 17, 1971, 2:00 P.M.

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series 100 Boots
Date1971-1973
Artist (American, 1935-)
photographed by (American, 1944 - 2013)
CultureAmerican
MediumOffset-printed postcards (halftone)
DimensionsImage: 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: 201 Pacific Ave., Solana Beach, California 92075; upper right: POST CARD / ADDRESS; lower left: Eleanor Antin / 100 BOOTS TURN THE CORNER / Solana Beach, California / May 17, 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: 73.24.27
MarkingsOn verso, stamped upper right [within a circle outline]: SOLANA BEACH, CA 92075 / AUG 9 / AM / 1971
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 single line of boots on the curve of a sidewalk to a street sign in the landscaping and a house and car visible on the street to the left.
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