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CoverYourTracks  (pattern, organic, abstract, black and white, monotype)
CoverYourTracks  (pattern, organic, abstract, black and white, monotype)

CoverYourTracks (pattern, organic, abstract, black and white, monotype)

By Karin Bruckner

Located in New York, NY

"CoverYourTracks" Monoprint w/Chine Collé and Embossing On white BFK Printmaking Paper Handpulled by Artist on Etching Press Edition : Unique Plate Size: 4x4” Paper Size 9 x 9” 2017

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Black and White

OceanFlow  (pattern, organic, abstract, black and white, monotype)
OceanFlow  (pattern, organic, abstract, black and white, monotype)

OceanFlow (pattern, organic, abstract, black and white, monotype)

By Karin Bruckner

Located in New York, NY

"OceanFlow" Monoprint w/Chine Collé and Embossing On white BFK Printmaking Paper Handpulled by Artist on Etching Press Edition : Unique Plate Size: 3x3” Paper Size 8” x 10” 2023

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Black and White

UrbanFlow  (pattern, organic, abstract, black and white, monotype)
UrbanFlow  (pattern, organic, abstract, black and white, monotype)

UrbanFlow (pattern, organic, abstract, black and white, monotype)

By Karin Bruckner

Located in New York, NY

"UrbanFlow" Monoprint w/Chine Collé and Embossing On white BFK Printmaking Paper Handpulled by Artist on Etching Press Edition : Unique Plate Size: 3x3” Paper Size 8” x 10” 2023

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Black and White

German Post War Abstraction --"Untersuchung" (The Investigation), Signed
German Post War Abstraction --"Untersuchung" (The Investigation), Signed

German Post War Abstraction --"Untersuchung" (The Investigation), Signed

Located in Soquel, CA

Almost his entire oeuvre was lost, including 400 etchings and 90 woodcut plates. In 1949, Junge completed his teacher training in Frankfurt am Main and began working as a probationa...

Category

1960s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Vintage Illustration Judaica Painting, The Rabbi's (Men at Prayers)
Vintage Illustration Judaica Painting, The Rabbi's (Men at Prayers)

Vintage Illustration Judaica Painting, The Rabbi's (Men at Prayers)

By Samuel George Cahan

Located in Surfside, FL

After leaving the newspaper, he explored other artistic mediums that combined his love of color and line. From etchings on copper plates, he moved onto watercolor, and finally to oil.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna - Hand Colored Cityscape Lithograph
St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna - Hand Colored Cityscape Lithograph

St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna - Hand Colored Cityscape Lithograph

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in Soquel, CA

Kasimir was among the early practitioners of the multi-plate color etching. Before this, prints were usually hand-colored with the color being applied in a casual, haphazard manner.

Category

1920s Photorealist Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph

Covers 4 Viridian (Abstract print)
Covers 4 Viridian (Abstract print)

Covers 4 Viridian (Abstract print)

By Joanne Freeman

Located in London, GB

Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching, using copper plates dipped in acid to hold ink.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Aquatint

Covers 1 Red (Abstract print)
Covers 1 Red (Abstract print)

Covers 1 Red (Abstract print)

By Joanne Freeman

Located in London, GB

Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching, using copper plates dipped in acid to hold ink.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Aquatint

Covers 3 Orange (Abstract print)
Covers 3 Orange (Abstract print)

Covers 3 Orange (Abstract print)

By Joanne Freeman

Located in London, GB

Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching, using copper plates dipped in acid to hold ink.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Aquatint

Covers 4 Ultramarine (Abstract print)
Covers 4 Ultramarine (Abstract print)

Covers 4 Ultramarine (Abstract print)

By Joanne Freeman

Located in London, GB

Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching, using copper plates dipped in acid to hold ink.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Aquatint

Covers 2 Cobalt (Abstract print)
Covers 2 Cobalt (Abstract print)

Covers 2 Cobalt (Abstract print)

By Joanne Freeman

Located in London, GB

Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching, using copper plates dipped in acid to hold ink.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Aquatint

Covers 3 Cobalt (Abstract print)
Covers 3 Cobalt (Abstract print)

Covers 3 Cobalt (Abstract print)

By Joanne Freeman

Located in London, GB

Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching, using copper plates dipped in acid to hold ink.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Aquatint

Covers 1 Viridian (Abstract print)
Covers 1 Viridian (Abstract print)

Covers 1 Viridian (Abstract print)

By Joanne Freeman

Located in London, GB

Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching, using copper plates dipped in acid to hold ink.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Aquatint

Covers 1 Orange (Abstract print)
Covers 1 Orange (Abstract print)

Covers 1 Orange (Abstract print)

By Joanne Freeman

Located in London, GB

Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching, using copper plates dipped in acid to hold ink.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Aquatint

Covers 2 Ultramarine (Abstract print)
Covers 2 Ultramarine (Abstract print)

Covers 2 Ultramarine (Abstract print)

By Joanne Freeman

Located in London, GB

Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching, using copper plates dipped in acid to hold ink.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Aquatint

Covers 3 Viridian (Abstract print)
Covers 3 Viridian (Abstract print)

Covers 3 Viridian (Abstract print)

By Joanne Freeman

Located in London, GB

Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching, using copper plates dipped in acid to hold ink.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Aquatint

Covers 3 Ultramarine (Abstract print)
Covers 3 Ultramarine (Abstract print)

Covers 3 Ultramarine (Abstract print)

By Joanne Freeman

Located in London, GB

Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching, using copper plates dipped in acid to hold ink.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Aquatint

Covers 1 Ultramarine (Abstract print)
Covers 1 Ultramarine (Abstract print)

Covers 1 Ultramarine (Abstract print)

By Joanne Freeman

Located in London, GB

Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching, using copper plates dipped in acid to hold ink.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Aquatint

Untitled - Lithograph by Enrico Benaglia - 2000
Untitled - Lithograph by Enrico Benaglia - 2000

Untitled - Lithograph by Enrico Benaglia - 2000

By Enrico Benaglia

Located in Roma, IT

Coloured engraving with mixed technique of etching and aquatint, on copper plate, on Magnani-Pescia paper.

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Slot #9
The Slot #9

The Slot #9

By Stephen McMillan

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Stephen McMillan – American (1949- ) Title: The Slot #9 Year: 1981 Medium: 3 plate aquatint etching Sight size: 36 x 24” Sheet size: 41.5 x 29.5 inches on Arches paper Signat...

Category

1980s Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Aquatint

Covers 3 Red (Abstract print)
Covers 3 Red (Abstract print)

Covers 3 Red (Abstract print)

By Joanne Freeman

Located in London, GB

Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching, using copper plates dipped in acid to hold ink.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Aquatint

Covers 3 - orange (Abstract painting)
Covers 3 - orange (Abstract painting)

Covers 3 - orange (Abstract painting)

By Joanne Freeman

Located in London, GB

Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching, using copper plates dipped in acid to hold ink.

Category

2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Handmade Paper

1850 Old French Map Depicting the Entire Earth's Surface Divided into Two Parts
1850 Old French Map Depicting the Entire Earth's Surface Divided into Two Parts

1850 Old French Map Depicting the Entire Earth's Surface Divided into Two Parts

Located in Milan, IT

Detailed explanation in French. Print on etching paper on copper plate, Coeval coloring. Table n. 8, French manufacture from the mid-19th century, non-contemporary frame in cherrywood.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Maps

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Charles Martin - The Eiffel Tower - Original Lithograph
Charles Martin - The Eiffel Tower - Original Lithograph

Charles Martin - The Eiffel Tower - Original Lithograph

By Charles Martin

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Supplementary to these is a portfolio of 15 much more explicit etchings by Charles Martin, relating to the same subjects, These etchings are in two states: pure etchings on Japan, an...

Category

1920s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ancient Rosette in the Arch of the Silversmiths, 1780
Ancient Rosette in the Arch of the Silversmiths, 1780

Ancient Rosette in the Arch of the Silversmiths, 1780

Located in Langweer, NL

Such methods involved etching or engraving a metal plate with fine lines and then pressing the plate onto paper to create the print.

Category

Antique 1780s Prints

Materials

Paper

A Rare Folio of Swiss Civil & Military Costumes after Hans Holbein the Younger
A Rare Folio of Swiss Civil & Military Costumes after Hans Holbein the Younger

A Rare Folio of Swiss Civil & Military Costumes after Hans Holbein the Younger

Located in Middletown, NY

Folio, 14 1/8 x 10 1/2 inches (360 x 263 mm; hand-colored aquatint title and 12 etchings & aquatint plates with hand-colroing in watercolor by Chrétien de Méchel after Hans Holbein t...

Category

Antique Late 18th Century Swiss Books

Materials

Gold Leaf

Steel Engraved Nuremberg Money Chest or Cash Box circa 1600
Steel Engraved Nuremberg Money Chest or Cash Box circa 1600

Steel Engraved Nuremberg Money Chest or Cash Box circa 1600

Located in Milford, NH

In Nuremberg alone, there were over 140 crafts registered at the end of the fifteenth century, including skilled blacksmiths, along with equally skilled colleagues in specialties suc...

Category

Antique Early 1600s German Decorative Boxes

Materials

Steel

L’Auberge du Bord de L’Eau (Petite Planche)

L’Auberge du Bord de L’Eau (Petite Planche)

By Jean-Emile Laboureur

Located in New York, NY

Ex collection Alan Fortunoff (not in Lugt) Apparently totally completed in engraving, using an entremely fine gravure (although catalogued as an etching by Sylvan Laboureur); the pl...

Category

1920s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

Crab, Plaice and Prawns
Crab, Plaice and Prawns

Crab, Plaice and Prawns

By Colin Self

Located in New York, NY

Since 2000 Self has worked on his ‘Odyssey/Iliad’ suite of etchings, in which the artist has returned to his 1960s technique of multiple-plate etching to re-tell the classical story ...

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Animal Prints

Materials

Drypoint

Dead Bird for Craigie No. 2
Dead Bird for Craigie No. 2

Dead Bird for Craigie No. 2

By Colin Self

Located in New York, NY

Since 2000 Self has worked on his ‘Odyssey/Iliad’ suite of etchings, in which the artist has returned to his 1960s technique of multiple-plate etching to re-tell the classical story ...

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Animal Prints

Materials

Drypoint

Cat with Red Claws and a Bird
Cat with Red Claws and a Bird

Cat with Red Claws and a Bird

By Colin Self

Located in New York, NY

Since 2000 Self has worked on his ‘Odyssey/Iliad’ suite of etchings, in which the artist has returned to his 1960s technique of multiple-plate etching to re-tell the classical story ...

Category

Early 2000s Animal Prints

Materials

Drypoint

Gilpin, Wm: Observations... on Great Britain, and High-Lands of Scotland, 2 vols
Gilpin, Wm: Observations... on Great Britain, and High-Lands of Scotland, 2 vols

Gilpin, Wm: Observations... on Great Britain, and High-Lands of Scotland, 2 vols

Located in Middletown, NY

.; 8vo; 8 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. (222 x138 mm) ; vol. 1: vii, xi, 221; vol. 2: ttl, 196, xxi; with 34 aquatints (tinted aquatints and soft ground etchings, most plates oval) and 6 hand-co...

Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Antique Print of Gifts Presented to the King of Bengal by Schouten, 1708
Antique Print of Gifts Presented to the King of Bengal by Schouten, 1708

Antique Print of Gifts Presented to the King of Bengal by Schouten, 1708

Located in Langweer, NL

This very scarse attractive original old antique print / plate / etching / engraving originates from: 'Wouter Schoutens, Reys-Togten naar en door Oost-Indien ...'

Category

Antique 18th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Microwave Oven (A Couple in the Sea)
Microwave Oven (A Couple in the Sea)

Microwave Oven (A Couple in the Sea)

By Colin Self

Located in New York, NY

Since 2000 Self has worked on his ‘Odyssey/Iliad’ suite of etchings, in which the artist has returned to his 1960s technique of multiple-plate etching to re-tell the classical story ...

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Nude Prints

Materials

Drypoint

Kiki Smith Offset Lithograph Photograph "My Secret Business" Photo Litho Print
Kiki Smith Offset Lithograph Photograph "My Secret Business" Photo Litho Print

Kiki Smith Offset Lithograph Photograph "My Secret Business" Photo Litho Print

By Kiki Smith

Located in Surfside, FL

The "Virgin with Dove" was achieved with an airbrushed aquatint, an acid resist etching that protects the copper plate. Mary Magdalene (1994), a sculpture made of silicon bronze and...

Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Photographic Film, Lithograph, Offset

Bryan Ingham: Upright Jug oil abstract painting
Bryan Ingham: Upright Jug oil abstract painting

Bryan Ingham: Upright Jug oil abstract painting

By Bryan Ingham

Located in London, GB

His preoccupation with etching resulted in several hundred plates, some very large, and the results are as unmistakable as they are varied, but invariably of outstanding quality.

Category

1990s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Still life of Summer Flowers in a Basket with Fruit.
Still life of Summer Flowers in a Basket with Fruit.

Still life of Summer Flowers in a Basket with Fruit.

By Pieter Casteels III

Located in Taunton, GB

Casteels III painted still lives of flowers, and bird and game scenes, and in 1726 produced a volume of twelve plates of bird etchings. Following the success of the publication, he c...

Category

17th Century Flemish School Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

River Access
River Access

River Access

By Joseph Orr

Located in Missouri, MO

He took private instruction in stone lithography and copper plate etching from Frank Stack, professor of art at the Univ of MO, Columbia, but painting remained his principal devotion.

Category

20th Century Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Horse Cart"
"Horse Cart"

"Horse Cart"

By Daniel Garber

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Another of Garber’s many talents was etching. He created a series of approximately fifty different scenes, most of which are run in editions of fifty or less etchings per plate.

Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Paper, Graphite

"View of Lambertville"
"View of Lambertville"

"View of Lambertville"

By Daniel Garber

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Another of Garber’s many talents was etching. He created a series of approximately fifty different scenes, most of which are run in editions of fifty or less etchings per plate.

Category

1940s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

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Etching Plate For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact etching plate you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. In our selection of items, you can find modern examples as well as a Surrealist version. You’re likely to find the perfect etching plate among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 18th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right etching plate is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes gray, beige, white and brown. There have been many interesting etching plate examples over the years, but those made by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Roberto Matta and Marino Marini are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in etching, aquatint and engraving can add an especially memorable touch.

How Much is a Etching Plate?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — an etching plate in our inventory may begin at $100 and can go as high as $35,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,995.

Finding the Right Prints-works-on-paper for You

Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.

Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.

Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.

Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.

Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.

“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.

Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.

For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)

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