Daybreak Picture

1982

Norman Ackroyd

Associated Names
Norman Ackroyd

Artist, British, born 1938

The image captures a scene of a reflective body of water in the lower half, extending towards a line of dark, silhouetted trees on the horizon. The horizon line is high in the composition, dominated by dense, dark foliage against a pale sky. The brushstrokes or print technique is soft and blurry. The overall color palette is grayscale, with the water reflecting light from the sky and distant objects. A faint glimmer of light on the horizon shines through the trees.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Marion F. Houstoun

  • Dimensions

    image: 49.21 × 55.25 cm (19 3/8 × 21 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 60.96 × 63.18 cm (24 × 24 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.126.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marion F. Houstoun, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2016

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left below image in graphite: Daybreak Picture Ar[undeciphered] Point; lower right below image in graphite: Norman Ackroyd, 1982; lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: 750

Watermarks

Rives BKF

Wikidata ID

Q77257904

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