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100 Boots Move On, Sorrento Valley, California, June 24, 1972, 8:50 A.M.
100 Boots Move On, Sorrento Valley, California, June 24, 1972, 8:50 A.M.
Object number1973.24.37

100 Boots Move On, Sorrento Valley, California, June 24, 1972, 8:50 A.M.

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series 100 Boots
Date1971-1973
Artist (American, 1935-)
CultureAmerican
MediumOffset-printed postcard (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 MOVE ON / Sorrento Valley, California / June 24, 1972 8:50 A.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: 73.24.37
MarkingsOn verso, stamped upper right [within a circle outline]: U.S. POSTAL SERVICE.CA920 / DEC 9 / AM / 1972; partially stamped upper right corner [within rectangle outline]: D[...] / MUSCULA[...] / SUPPO[...]
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 Fox, Howard N., Eleanor Antin, and Lisa Bloom. Eleanor Antin. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art/Fellows of Contemporary Art, 1999, p. 56
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 pairs of boots in a line across a fenced in dirt area with a line of ducks behind them and various farm animals behind the fence in the background.
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