The image includes a circular compass rose and a wooden box. The compass rose has colorful patterns in pink, yellow, blue, and green. The wooden box is open, displaying a similar compass rose design on its interior lid with the same color scheme. The box is positioned in a three-quarter view towards the lower right of the image, with its detached lid placed to the right. The background is off-white and textured.
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Floating Compass

Archie Thompson (American, 1886-1975)

c. 1938

Medium
watercolor, graphite and pen and ink on paperboard
Classification
Index of American Design
Dimensions
overall: 56.5 x 46 cm (22 1/4 x 18 1/8 in.) ; Original IAD Object: outer box: 12" high; 12" wide; 7 1/2" deep
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Index of American Design
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed

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