Prints
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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Mid-20th Century North American Prints
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Prints
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
1930s British Islamic Vintage Prints
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19th Century Japanese Antique Prints
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1980s Swedish Vintage Prints
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Late 20th Century Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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1830s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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1970s American Modern Vintage Prints
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1780s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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19th Century Japanese Antique Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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1630s Antique Prints
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1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1890s Antique Prints
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19th Century Japanese Antique Prints
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Acrylic, Wood, Masonite
1930s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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20th Century Prints
Glass, Paper
1990s Prints
Oak, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary American Country Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1960s American Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
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1970s French Vintage Prints
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Early 20th Century American Prints
Paper, Wood
1980s Italian Vintage Prints
Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century Prints
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Mid-20th Century American Other Prints
Berlin Iron
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1980s Russian Modern Vintage Prints
Wood, Paint, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Gold Leaf
1940s Dutch Vintage Prints
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1970s American Modern Vintage Prints
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1690s Baroque Antique Prints
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Early 18th Century French Grand Tour Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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1980s British Vintage Prints
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
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20th Century Prints
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Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
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Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1630s Antique Prints
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1790s English Georgian Antique Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Gold Leaf
1850s English Romantic Antique Prints
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18th Century European Antique Prints
Giltwood, Paper
1980s American Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1950s French Modern Vintage Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Gold Leaf
Antique and Vintage Prints for Wall Decor
Prints are works of art produced in multiple editions. Though several copies of a specific artwork can exist, collectors consider antique and vintage prints originals when they have been manually created by the artist or are “impressions” that are part of the artist’s intent for the work.
Modern artists use a range of printmaking techniques to produce different types of prints such as relief, intaglio and planographic. Relief prints are created by cutting away a printing surface to leave only a design. Ink or paint is applied to the raised parts of the surface, and it is used to stamp or press the design onto paper or another surface. Relief prints include woodcuts, linocuts and engravings.
Intaglio prints are the opposite of relief prints in that they are incised into the printing surface. The artist cuts the design into a block, plate or other material and then coats it with ink before wiping off the surface and transferring the design to paper through tremendous pressure. Intaglio prints have plate marks showing the impression of the original block or plate as it was pressed onto the paper.
Artists create planographic prints by drawing a design on a stone or metal plate using a grease crayon. The plate is washed with water, then ink is spread over the plate and it adheres to the grease markings. The image is then stamped on paper to make prints.
All of these printmaking methods have an intricate process, although each can usually transfer only one color of ink. Artists use separate plates or blocks for multiple colors, and together these create one finished work of art.
Find prints ranging from the 18th- and 19th-century bird illustrations by J.C. Sepp to mid-century modern prints, as well as numerous other antique and vintage prints at 1stDibs. Browse the collection today and read about how to arrange wall art in your space.