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Loch by Norman Ackroyd

Loch

Norman Ackroyd · 1975

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DETAILS
Artist
Norman Ackroyd
Date
1975
Medium
Aquatint in black on white wove paper
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
Plate: 19.5 × 17.8 cm (7 11/16 × 7 1/16 in.); sheet: 390 × 324 cm (153 9/16 × 127 9/16 in.)
Collection
Prints and Drawings
Culture
Great Britain
Credit line
Gift of Deborah Lader
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Norman Ackroyd

Norman Ackroyd was a master English printmaker, celebrated for his evocative aquatints and etchings of the British landscape.

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