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"Press" - Artist's Proof Etching in Ink on Paper
"Press" - Artist's Proof Etching in Ink on Paper

"Press" - Artist's Proof Etching in Ink on Paper

By Doris Warner

Located in Soquel, CA

Moody depiction of a press by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). This piece is dark and

Category

1980s Abstract Impressionist Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Paper, Ink, Etching

"Press Two" - Artist's Proof Etching in Ink on Paper
"Press Two" - Artist's Proof Etching in Ink on Paper

"Press Two" - Artist's Proof Etching in Ink on Paper

By Doris Warner

Located in Soquel, CA

Moody depiction of a press by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). This piece is dark and

Category

1980s Abstract Impressionist Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Paper, Ink, Etching

Stephen Whittle Etching "Wisteria Arch " Limited Edition Vintage Gold Framed
Stephen Whittle Etching "Wisteria Arch " Limited Edition Vintage Gold Framed

Stephen Whittle Etching "Wisteria Arch " Limited Edition Vintage Gold Framed

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

first etching press. He was drawn to the harmony and balance of the natural world, and this was (and

Category

Late 20th Century British Victorian Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Paper

"Forest Mist" - Black and White Engraving
"Forest Mist" - Black and White Engraving

Doug Forsythe"Forest Mist" - Black and White Engraving, 2000s

$760Sale Price|20% Off

H 30.5 in W 23.5 in D 1 in

"Forest Mist" - Black and White Engraving

Located in Soquel, CA

definitive guide to building an etching press which is referenced by printmakers world wide. His press design

Category

1990s Contemporary Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Paper, Ink, Engraving

A thought by Dieter Roth abstract geometric black and white etching
A thought by Dieter Roth abstract geometric black and white etching

A thought by Dieter Roth abstract geometric black and white etching

By Dieter Roth

Located in New York, NY

tongue-in-cheek black and white Dieter Roth etching. Dieter Roth has long represented food in his work

Category

1970s Abstract Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Summer Blues (abstract expressionist monoprint)
Summer Blues (abstract expressionist monoprint)

Summer Blues (abstract expressionist monoprint)

By David Chamberlain

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

, an etching press, and a variety of hands-on tools (including fingers, rollers, static electricity and

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Monotype

Summer Blues (abstract expressionist monoprint)
Summer Blues (abstract expressionist monoprint)

Summer Blues (abstract expressionist monoprint)

By David Chamberlain

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

, an etching press, and a variety of hands-on tools (including fingers, rollers, static electricity and

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Monotype

Green, blue, pink and yellow composition XXV
Green, blue, pink and yellow composition XXV

Green, blue, pink and yellow composition XXV

By Serge Poliakoff

Located in Paris, FR

created during the printing of the lithograph due to a handling error in the press. Etching, aquatint and

Category

1960s Abstract Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Soft Ground Doodle, by Charles Eckart
Soft Ground Doodle, by Charles Eckart

Charles EckartSoft Ground Doodle, by Charles Eckart, 1977

$320Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.25 in W 11.75 in

Soft Ground Doodle, by Charles Eckart

By Charles Eckart

Located in Palm Springs, CA

etching with his own press in 1966. The etching has always paralleled the various phases of his painting

Category

1970s Abstract Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Etching

Cockle Burrs at Tinker's
Cockle Burrs at Tinker's

Cockle Burrs at Tinker's

Located in San Francisco, CA

on paper, made directly or through the intermediation of etching plate and printing press. In both

Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Etching

Kazakh Steppes
Kazakh Steppes

Richard Claude ZiemannKazakh Steppes, 1965

$1,100

H 26.5 in W 31.5 in D 1 in

Kazakh Steppes

Located in San Francisco, CA

on paper, made directly or through the intermediation of etching plate and printing press. In both

Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Etching

Bust (Mauve): Erotic drawing of nude bound woman
Bust (Mauve): Erotic drawing of nude bound woman

Bust (Mauve): Erotic drawing of nude bound woman

By Claes Oldenburg

Located in New York, NY

etchings was hatched with Paul Cornwall-Jones, for production by Maurice Payne in Petersburg Press’s new

Category

1970s Pop Art Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Etching

A  Regatta on the Grand Canal [Venice]
A  Regatta on the Grand Canal [Venice]

James McBeyA Regatta on the Grand Canal [Venice], 1930

$1,250Sale Price|37% Off

H 8.88 in W 15.38 in D 0.5 in

A Regatta on the Grand Canal [Venice]

By James McBey

Located in Plano, TX

classes at Graydon's School of Art and taught himself etching, building his own press at the age of

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Etching

Containers portfolio by Dieter Roth
Containers portfolio by Dieter Roth

Containers portfolio by Dieter Roth

By Dieter Roth

Located in New York, NY

Containers 1972 (published 1973) Portfolio of 33 signed and numbered prints: nine etchings (eight

Category

1970s Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Etching, Lithograph, Offset, Screen

Jacques Maret, Untitled, from Alternation, 1946
Jacques Maret, Untitled, from Alternation, 1946

Jacques MaretJacques Maret, Untitled, from Alternation, 1946, 1946

$716Sale Price|20% Off

H 12.875 in W 9.875 in

Jacques Maret, Untitled, from Alternation, 1946

Located in Southampton, NY

finished on March 2, 1946 on the presses of atelier Quesneville for thirteen etchings; on the presses of

Category

1940s Modern Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Engraving

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Miss Mollie
Miss Mollie

Dorothy Simpson KrauseMiss Mollie, 1998

Unavailable

H 33.25 in W 39.25 in D 2 in

Miss Mollie

By Dorothy Simpson Krause

Located in Stowe, VT

etching press. In a second pass, the vitreographic plate was inked and printed over the digital transfer

Category

1990s Contemporary Vintage Etching Press

Farm Journal
Farm Journal

Dorothy Simpson KrauseFarm Journal, 1998

Unavailable

H 33.25 in W 29.25 in D 2 in

Farm Journal

By Dorothy Simpson Krause

Located in Stowe, VT

on clear film was transferred to 30 x 36 inch damp Rives BFK using a 40 x 70 inch French Tool etching

Category

1990s Contemporary Vintage Etching Press

Cherry Cakes (Recent Etchings II)

Wayne ThiebaudCherry Cakes (Recent Etchings II), 1979

Unavailable

H 24.75 in W 31.75 in D 1.5 in

Cherry Cakes (Recent Etchings II)

By Wayne Thiebaud

Located in Bridgehampton, NY

Presented by 'F.L. Braswell Fine Art' for Market Art & Design Etching and aquatint Publisher

Category

1970s Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Etching

Cherry Cakes (Recent Etchings II)

Wayne ThiebaudCherry Cakes (Recent Etchings II), 1979

Unavailable

H 24.75 in W 31.75 in D 1.5 in

Cherry Cakes (Recent Etchings II)

By Wayne Thiebaud

Located in Bridgehampton, NY

: Etching and aquatint Publisher, Parasol Press, New York Printer, Crown Point Press, San Francisco Edition

Category

1970s Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Etching

Hired Hand
Hired Hand

Dorothy Simpson KrauseHired Hand, 1998

Unavailable

H 33.25 in W 39.25 in D 2 in

Hired Hand

By Dorothy Simpson Krause

Located in Stowe, VT

transferred to 30 x 36 inch damp Rives BFK using a 40 x 70 inch French Tool etching press. In a second pass

Category

1990s Contemporary Vintage Etching Press

Dust on a White Shirt (Stripes)

Dust on a White Shirt (Stripes)

By Charline Von Heyl

Located in San Francisco, CA

“Dust on a White Shirt (Stripes)” is a vibrant orange and grey etching by New York-based painter

Category

20th Century Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Straits of Malacca

Al HeldStraits of Malacca, 1987

Unavailable

H 41.75 in W 51.5 in

Straits of Malacca

By Al Held

Located in San Francisco, CA

Hard ground etching. Image size: 35¾ x 44¾"; paper size: 41¾ x 51½". Edition 50. Published by Crown

Category

20th Century Abstract Geometric Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Etching

Animal Music for the Spheres

Animal Music for the Spheres

By William T. Wiley

Located in San Francisco, CA

Point Press and printed by Daria Sywulak.

Category

1990s Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Etching

Schatzi

Charline Von HeylSchatzi, 2014

Unavailable

H 31 in W 25 in

Schatzi

By Charline Von Heyl

Located in San Francisco, CA

Color spit bite aquatint and soft ground etching on gampi paper chine collé. Image size: 24 x 19

Category

20th Century Abstract Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

4 Rivers

Pat Steir4 Rivers, 1992

Unavailable

H 30.5 in W 38.5 in

4 Rivers

By Pat Steir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Pat Steir lives and works in New York. She has made prints at Crown Point Press since 1978. This

Category

20th Century Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Sheet Music

Christopher BrownSheet Music, 1994

Unavailable

H 35 in W 34 in

Sheet Music

By Christopher Brown

Located in San Francisco, CA

During Christopher Brown's third project at Crown Point, in 1994, he made four etchings with birds

Category

20th Century Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Clouds Obscuring San Diego

Clouds Obscuring San Diego

By Yvonne Jacquette

Located in San Francisco, CA

New York-based artist Yvonne Jacquette's created her color etching "Clouds Obscuring San Diego

Category

Late 20th Century Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Double Wheel

Joan JonasDouble Wheel, 1982

Unavailable

H 24 in W 36 in

Double Wheel

Located in San Francisco, CA

Point Press etching studio. Color aquatint. Image size: 24 x 36"; paper size: 24 x 36". Edition 20

Category

20th Century Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Aquatint

The Archaeologist

Charles EckartThe Archaeologist, 1986

Unavailable

H 36 in W 31 in

The Archaeologist

By Charles Eckart

Located in Mill Valley, CA

started etching with his own press in 1966. The etching has always paralleled the various phases of his

Category

1980s Contemporary Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Standing Figure

Large Standing Figure

By Charles Eckart

Located in Mill Valley, CA

started etching with his own press in 1966. The etching has always paralleled the various phases of his

Category

1980s Contemporary Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1988 Ann Dergara Mixed Media Southwestern Modern Painting Contemporary Art
1988 Ann Dergara Mixed Media Southwestern Modern Painting Contemporary Art

1988 Ann Dergara Mixed Media Southwestern Modern Painting Contemporary Art

Located in Dayton, OH

etching press. The handcrafted "paper" floats over the "silken" backing material. Professionally mounted

Category

1980s Modern Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Paint

Tom Holland Abstract Monotype
Tom Holland Abstract Monotype

Tom Holland Abstract Monotype

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H 64 in W 46.5 in D 2 in

Tom Holland Abstract Monotype

By Tom Holland

Located in Palm Desert, CA

paint. Then the drawing is pressed by hand onto a sheet of absorbent paper or is printed on an etching

Category

1980s American Modern Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Paper

Mountain Grove (New Mexico)
Mountain Grove (New Mexico)

Doel ReedMountain Grove (New Mexico), 1979

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H 29.25 in W 37.25 in D 1.25 in

Mountain Grove (New Mexico)

By Doel Reed

Located in Denver, CO

built his own etching press, which he continued to use for the rest of his life. In 1924, he accepted a

Category

20th Century American Modern Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Casein

Luminous Space - Low Tide
Luminous Space - Low Tide

Luminous Space - Low Tide

By Karl Schrag

Located in Fairlawn, OH

etching press, putting it in his own graphic workshop on the ground floor of his home on the Upper East

Category

1960s American Modern Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Gouache

Visage for Cello (abstract expressionist monoprint)
Visage for Cello (abstract expressionist monoprint)

Visage for Cello (abstract expressionist monoprint)

By David Chamberlain

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

, an etching press, and a variety of hands-on tools (including fingers, rollers, static electricity and

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Monotype

Bolt Cutters (first state)
Bolt Cutters (first state)

Bolt Cutters (first state)

By Jim Dine

Located in New York, NY

Petersburg Press, where this etching was produced, and where he produced the majority of his prints in the

Category

Late 20th Century Pop Art Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Etching

Bolt Cutters (first state)
Bolt Cutters (first state)

Bolt Cutters (first state)

By Jim Dine

Located in New York, NY

Petersburg Press, where this etching was produced, and where he produced the majority of his prints in the

Category

Late 20th Century Pop Art Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Etching

Self Portrait in a Flat Cap (winter) first state
Self Portrait in a Flat Cap (winter) first state

Self Portrait in a Flat Cap (winter) first state

By Jim Dine

Located in New York, NY

Jim Dine, Self Portrait in a Flat Cap (winter) first state 1974 Etching from one 27.0 x 33.0 cm (10

Category

1970s Pop Art Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Etching

Collection of 4 Fritz Scholder signed Lithographs
Collection of 4 Fritz Scholder signed Lithographs

Collection of 4 Fritz Scholder signed Lithographs

Located in Peekskill, NY

pyramids. In 1975, Scholder did his first etchings at El Dorado Press in Berkeley

Category

20th Century American Vintage Etching Press

A SECRET PLACE REMEMBERED

A SECRET PLACE REMEMBERED

By Misch Kohn

Located in Portland, ME

Kohn, Misch. A SECRET PLACE REMEMBERED. Mixed media printed on an etching press, 1977. Edition of

Category

1970s Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Mixed Media

Spires of Manhattan
Spires of Manhattan

Otto KuhlerSpires of Manhattan, c.. 1930

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H 18.63 in W 22.25 in D 0.75 in

Spires of Manhattan

By Otto Kuhler

Located in Plano, TX

quickly put together enough money to purchase an etching press and he started producing prints of

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

The Cow Shed
The Cow Shed

Kerr EbyThe Cow Shed, 1946

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H 18.75 in W 24 in D 0.5 in

The Cow Shed

By Kerr Eby

Located in Plano, TX

The Cow Shed. 1946. Etching, aquatint and sandpaper ground. Giardina 211. 9 5/8 x 15 1/8. Edition

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Etching

Mighty Metropolis
Mighty Metropolis

Otto KuhlerMighty Metropolis, 1930

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H 18.63 in W 22.25 in D 1 in

Mighty Metropolis

By Otto Kuhler

Located in Plano, TX

together enough money to purchase an etching press and he started producing prints of locomotives and steel

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

The Cow Shed
The Cow Shed

Kerr EbyThe Cow Shed, 1946

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H 9.63 in W 15.13 in D 0.5 in

The Cow Shed

By Kerr Eby

Located in Plano, TX

technical advice on etching and the use of his etching press. Following the War, Eby married Frances

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Etching

DH in Hollywood etching watercolour pastel DH=David Hockney
DH in Hollywood etching watercolour pastel DH=David Hockney

DH in Hollywood etching watercolour pastel DH=David Hockney

By Howard Hodgkin

Located in New York, NY

technique used in DH in Hollywood at Petersburg Press Soft-ground etching allowed him to work fluidly and

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Oil Pastel, Watercolor, Etching

Abstract Expressionist Silkscreen Serigraph Titled Josephs Coat by Dean Meeker
Abstract Expressionist Silkscreen Serigraph Titled Josephs Coat by Dean Meeker

Abstract Expressionist Silkscreen Serigraph Titled Josephs Coat by Dean Meeker

By Dean Meeker

Located in Topeka, KS

etching press for overprinting silk-screens with polymer intaglio. He has been recognized as one of the

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Wood, Paper

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By Doris Warner

Located in Soquel, CA

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Category

1980s Abstract Vintage Etching Press

Materials

Paper, Ink, Etching

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Vintage Etching Press For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact vintage etching press you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. There are many modern, abstract and Pop Art versions of these works for sale. You’re likely to find the perfect vintage etching press among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those made as recently as the 20th Century. Adding a vintage etching press to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of gray, beige, black, white and more. A vintage etching press from Valton Tyler, Dora Szampanier, David Hockney, Howard Hodgkin and Rudolph Carl Gorman — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in etching, aquatint and paper.

How Much is a Vintage Etching Press?

A vintage etching press can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,500, while the lowest priced sells for $65 and the highest can go for as much as $100,000.

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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.

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