Eleanor Antin
100 Boots

100 Boots
100 Boots
100 Boots
ArtistAmerican, born 1935
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • 100 Boots
Date1971–1972
MediumOffset lithographs
DimensionsImage (Each): 4 1/2 × 7 in. (11.4 × 17.8 cm)
Sheet (Each): 4 1/2 × 7 in. (11.4 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Morris Weiner, Michael Zilkha, Franci Neely, and Nena Marsh
Object number2020.398.1-.51
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description


After buying 100 surplus army boots, Eleanor Antin arranged and photographed them in different settings across the United States, then turned her pictures into postcards that she mailed to about 1,000 people around the world at intervals ranging from three days to five weeks. The project, lasting two and a half years, found its conclusion when the Museum of Modern Art offered to exhibit the series; the final postcard shows the 100 boots entering the museum. Together, they tell an epic, humorous story while challenging the idea of the “unique” work of art and bypassing traditional art-world distribution and exhibition systems.



Provenance[Paul M. Hertzmann, Inc., San Francisco]; purchased by MFAH, 2020.

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100 Boots on the Way to Church
Eleanor Antin
February 9, 1971
Offset lithograph
2020.398.2
100 Boots at the Bank
Eleanor Antin
February 9, 1971
Offset lithograph
2020.398.3
100 Boots in the Market
Eleanor Antin
May 17, 1971
Offset lithograph
2020.398.4
100 Boots Parking
Eleanor Antin
May 17, 1971
Offset lithograph
2020.398.5
100 Boots Circling
Eleanor Antin
May 17, 1971
Offset lithograph
2020.398.6
100 Boots at the Corral
Eleanor Antin
July 26, 1971
Offset lithograph
2020.398.11
100 Boots on the Porch
Eleanor Antin
October 8, 1971
Offset lithograph
2020.398.12
100 Boots in the Grove
Eleanor Antin
October 8, 1971
Offset lithograph
2020.398.13
100 Boots Cross Country
Eleanor Antin
September 8, 1971
Offset lithograph
2020.398.14
100 Boots Turn the Corner
Eleanor Antin
May 17, 1971
Offset lithograph
2020.398.7
100 Boots Trespass
Eleanor Antin
May 17, 1971
Offset lithograph
2020.398.8
100 Boots on the Road
Eleanor Antin
July 12, 1971
Offset lithograph
2020.398.9