What Do You See? (Portfolio 1-13)

Print

Anderson Museum of Art

1985.2.2.1

Name/Title

What Do You See? (Portfolio 1-13)

Entry/Object ID

1985.2.2

Description

1985.2.2.1 - Cardboard cover for 10 prints and an original drawing. Print attached to cover. "what do you see?" printed in red in four red boxes. "edition hansjorg mayer stuttgart - / london / 1979" in blue below. Written in blue in the center "an edition of 100 signed and numbered 10 / original prints in portfolio / with an original drawing". Signed in red "Andre Thomkins" at the bottom. There is a light drawing underneath the text. Size: 20.25 x 14.25 1985.2.2.2 - Abstract color print of a couple in the center in light pink. They are standing on a mountain-like shape. There is a yellow snake shape below the couple and a dome and a face above them. Mostly a primary color palette with some orange and pink. "Offsetter (in reference to the untitled 'purple hair')" printed in red at the bottom. Print 46/100. Signed in pencil, BRC, "Andre Thomkins 79". Size: 19.562 x 13.75 1985.2.2.3 - Abstract color print of a mostly red lifeboat with some blue lines. There is a figure with his head coming out the top. Above him in the sky are some blue circles and some red line brush strokes. "-lifeboat-" written in blue at the bottom. Print 46/100. Signed in pencil, BRC, "Andre Thomkins 79". Size: 19.562 x 13.75 1985.2.2.4 - Abstract color print of a landscape. Oval figure with different cross sections. In the first cross section the top of the shape is yellow with the side all pink. Another small cross section shows that the inside is a darker red with blue. Appears to be a waterfall with white water flowing from the middle cross section and from the yellow top. The color pallet is limited to primary colors with some orange and pink. "-backfall-" written in blue at the bottom. Print 46/100. Signed in pencil, BRC, "Andre Thomkins 79". Size: 19.562 x 13.75 1985.2.2.5 - Abstract color print of a red, nude, woman squatting on a rocky landscape. There is a blue puddle below her and a yellow, spiral, snake shape is connected to her lower area. Below are some blue clouds and a white bird. To her left is a blue crosscut filled with square rock shapes. Color palette limited to primary colors. "-pissnake-" written in blue at the bottom. Print 46/100. Signed in pencil, BRC, "Andre Thomkins 79". Size: 19.562 x 13.75 1985.2.2.6 - Abstract color print portrait of a woman with chin-length purple hair. She is wearing a blue shirt and a dangling hair piece/band on her head. The background is partially yellow. Color palette limited to primary colors with purple from overlap. Print 46/100. Signed in pencil, BRC, "Andre Thomkins 79". Size: 19.562 x 13.75 1985.2.2.7 - Abstract color print portrait of a person with short blue and red hair. There is a white cloud like hat on the person's head; a blue circle on the face; and the person is wearing a blue and yellow shirt. Color palette limited to primary colors with some purple and greens from overlapping. "-snowhair-" in pink at the bottom. Print 46/100. Signed in pencil, BRC, "Andre Thomkins 79". Size: 19.562 x 13.75 1985.2.2.8 - Abstract color print of a green landscape on a pink/purple background. The green shape looks like a green grassy area with suggestions of a fence at the top. Not fully colored at the top with the background coming through in several areas. There are eight, small, red line drawings in the center of various animals including a snake, cat, bunnies, mice, etc. "-little animals-" in red at the bottom. Print 46/100. Signed in pencil, BRC, "Andre Thomkins 79". Size: 19.562 x 13.75 1985.2.2.9 - Abstract color print of a colorful landscape. On the top is a lady in a white dress walking away from a small pond. There are some green and yellow shrubbery to her left. The rest of the image is made up of a cross section of the land. The viewer can see that the small pond is filled with blue rocks and the ground is light pink. "-walk on a broken lake-" in blue at the bottom. Print 46/100. Signed in pencil, BRC, "Andre Thomkins 79". Size: 19.562 x 13.75 1985.2.2.10 - Abstract color print of a female walking away from the viewer. She is red and is wearing a robe with some yellow accents. Below her feet is a smaller version of the cross-cut of the pond and ground. There is a blue stream that leads from this pond up to her body to a smaller, yellow version of the pond and then back down to a tree on the left and then ending again at the pond at the bottom. "-halemaid-" in pink at the bottom. Print 46/100. Signed in pencil, BRC, "Andre Thomkins 79". Size: 19.562 x 13.75 1985.2.2.11 - Abstract color print of a colorful landscape. Appears to be a waterfall starting at the top left and has water flowing down then to the right. It is a very deep gorge with the sides orange and the top colored in green grass. To the right is the repeating cross cut of the small rocky pond. "-fridgewood-" in red at the bottom. Print 46/100. Signed in pencil, BRC, "Andre Thomkins 79". Size: 19.562 x 13.75 1985.2.2.12 - Abstract color print of a female in a white dress on top of a hill formation. There is a yellow version behind the figure. She is standing near the edge of a hole. To her right is a male face with the coiled snake shape coming from his head. "what do you and I and she" is written in pink to the left of the lady. The words "sieh" and "sie" are also written in pink and red to her left. "sea" is written in blue in the hole and "see" is written in yellow just above it. "Andre Thomkins'"is printed four times in red, pink, yellow, and blue at the bottom right. Color palette limited to the primary colors and pink. Print 46/100. Signed in pencil, BRC, "Andre Thomkins 79". Size: 19.562 x 13.75 1985.2.2.13 - Abstract print of a face coming from a v shaped piece of wood. Grey color only. Signed in pencil at bottom as well as the title "Nichtgenonntsein-Wollender" possibly translating to "Not in stone -endless". Signed in pencil, BRC, "Andre Thomkins 1979". Size: 19.562 x 13.75

Collection

Ackerman Foundation

Acquisition

Accession

1985.2

Source or Donor

Robert Steinberg

Acquisition Method

Gift

Notes

Gift of Robert Steinberg (through the Martin S. Ackerman Foundation)

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Andre Thomkins

Role

Artist

Date made

1979

Time Period

20th Century

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Cover

Height

20-1/4 in

Width

14-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

19.562" x 13.75" Prints

Color

Red, Blue, Yellow, White