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Eleanor Antin
100 BOOTS in their Crash Pad1973 (MoMA), 1999 (Installation replicated, LACMA)

Not on view
Black and white photograph looking down into a sandy bowl-shaped depression, with a curved row of dark posts following the valley floor
Gelatin silver print of a long diagonal row of rubber boots arranged on bare dirt, with ducks perched on and gathered around the boots; fenced farmyard and cattle visible in the background.
Gelatin silver print of a street corner garden bordered by a long row of rubber boots standing upright along the curb, densely planted with flowering shrubs behind; a street sign and parked car visible in the background.
Gelatin silver print of a supermarket aisle viewed from a high angle, with densely stocked shelves receding toward the back wall; a crowd of dark-clad figures, visible only from the waist down, fills the middle distance of the tiled floor.

Eleanor Antin, On the March, 1971-1973, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation, the Modern and Contemporary Art Council, the Nathan B. Cooper Memorial Fund, Sherry and Michael Kramer, and David and Suzanne D. Booth, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Eleanor Antin
Title
100 BOOTS in their Crash Pad
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1973 (MoMA), 1999 (Installation replicated, LACMA)
Medium
Mixed media installation; including fifty-one picture postcards, one hundred rubber boots, wood door jamb, porcelain sink mounted on wall, mirror, lightbulb on electrical wire, mattress, sheets, blankets, radio, linoleum flooring, all in room painted "landlord green"
Dimensions
Installation: 96 x 144 x 144 in. (243.84 x 365.76 x 365.76 cm); Postcards: 4 1/2 x 7 in. (11.43 x 17.78 cm) each; Boots: 15 1/2" high X 12 1/2" long toe end to heel end and 3 1/4" wide at the heel. The boots are sizes 9 thru 12 and are unlined.
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation, the Modern and Contemporary Art Council, the Nathan B. Cooper Memorial Fund, Sherry and Michael Kramer, and David and Suzanne D. Booth
Accession Number
M.2000.55.1-.163
Classification
Installation Art
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Fox, Howard N. and Lisa E. Bloom. Eleanor Antin. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999.
  • Morse, Rebecca. Larry Sultan: Here and Home. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2014
Copyright
© Eleanor Antin