Octant
John Thorsen
1939
Medium
watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 61 x 45.7 cm (24 x 18 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.12795
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
John Thorsen · 1855–present
**John Thorsen (active c. 1935)** John Thorsen was an American artist active during the 1930s, best known for his contributions to the Index of American Design, a Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Little is documented about his early life, training, or formal artistic education, suggesting he may have been a self-taught practitioner whose skills aligned with the p...