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Zao Wou Ki Printed Plate, "Orchidée"
By Zao Wou-Ki
Located in Paris, FR
Zao Wou Ki (1921 - 2013) "Orchidée" 1986 Print after a watercolor on faience. Stamped on the
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Late 20th Century French Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Faience

Set of Six 1940s Disney Print Plates
By Disney Studios
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Steel printmaking plates from various Disney pictures. Beautiful trace remnants of original ink
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1940s American Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Steel

Vintage Set of Six 1940s Disney Print Plates
Set of Six 1940s Disney Print Plates
H 12.5 in W 10.5 in D 1.5 in
Fornasetti Limited Edition White Porcelain, Black and Gold Printed Plates 1970s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Firenze, IT
These two splendid vintage round plates in white porcelain with black and gold decorations are an
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Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Vintage Print Plates

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Gold

(Title Unknown)-Botanical Print. Printed in Italy
By Nicholas Robert 1
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Botanical print. Plate-signed. Measures 22.25 x 16.375 in. Unframed. Printed in Italy. Good
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Late 20th Century Vintage Print Plates

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Lithograph

(Title Unknown)-Botanical Print. Printed in Italy.
By Nicholas Robert 1
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Botanical Print. Plate-signed. Measures 22.50 x 16.375 in. Unframed. Printed in Italy. Good
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Late 20th Century Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Lithograph

(Title Unknown)-Botanical Print. Printed in Italy
By Nicholas Robert 1
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Botanical Print. Plate-signed. Measures 22.25 x 16.375 in. Unframed. Printed in Italy. Good/Fair
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Late 20th Century Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Lithograph

Fornasetti Rosenthal Plate, Temi E Variazioni-Themes and Variation, Motiv 15
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face of Lina Cavalieri her
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1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Scomposizione
By Marino Marini
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Edition of 40 prints. Plate III from the series: Imagines. Image Dimension : 41 x 37
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1970s Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Etching

Vintage Scomposizione
H 25.6 in W 19.69 in D 0.08 in
Giocolieri (Jugglers) - Original Etching by Marino Marini - 1969
By Marino Marini
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions : 39 x 25 cm. Hand signed. Edition of 40 prints. Plate X from the series
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1960s Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Etching

Romantischer Streit
By A.R. Penck (Ralf Winkler)
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Etching and aquatint in colors; Signed and numbered; Paper 123cm x 98cm; Printed plate 99cm x 64cm
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Personnages Masqués et Femme Oiseau - Etching by Pablo Picasso - 1934
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 99 prints. Plate 24 from "La Suite Vollard". Catalogue Bloch n.227
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1930s Cubist Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Etching, Paper

Pochoir by Edouard Benedictus of a Steamship, from Relais
By Edouard Benedictus
Located in New York, NY
Pochoir print, Plate 15, from Relais by Edouard Benedictus. Printed by J. Saudé. Paris, Éditions
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Paper, Wood

Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations - Buttons, Motiv 13
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
The striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face of Lina
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1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Saint Matthew Ceramic Plate by Fornasetti
By Fornasetti
Located in London, London
Ceramic plate By Fornasetti Gilt and monochrome printed Italy 1970s.
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Late 20th Century Italian Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Royal Worcester Evesham Gold Diner Plate
Located in EDENSOR PARK, NSW
Fruit print with gold trim, some ware to print and gold trim, stamped Royal Worcester Evesham
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20th Century Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Stig Lindberg Earthenware Plate After Picasso
By Stig Lindberg
Located in Downingtown, PA
Stig Lindberg Earthenware Plate, Piazza made for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1950s-early 1960's
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1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Pottery

Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca Vegetable Face Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca Vegetable Face Plate, After Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Number 12
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, #286
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate #286, The Binoculars, Atelier Fornasetti The
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Late 20th Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Fornasetti Egocentrismo Plates, circa 1960
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Fornasetti'. These plates, part of the Egocentrismo series, are have transfer printed Fornasetti designs over
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Calandar Plate for 1969
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Calendar Plate for the Year 1969, The design of the 1969 Fornasetti porcelain
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca-Motif Vegetable Face Plates
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
. Each plate with a combination of printed numbers below. Also in black the traditional Fornasetti mark
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate, Giastra Di Frutta # 6
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate, Giastra di Frutta # 6, 1955-1965 The pattern "Giostra di
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Arcimboldesca-Motif Vegetable Face Plates
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca-Motif Vegetable Face Plates, After Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Set
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Fornasetti Themes & Variations Plate-Clock, Pattern Number 74
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate #74 The Clock, Atelier Fornasetti, 1990s
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti Pottery Plate, Sezioni Di Frutta, #6, 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Plate, Sezioni Di Frutta, #6 1960s. The stunning Piero Fornasetti Pottery
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Pottery

Piero Fornasetti Arcimboldesca Vegetable Face Plates, After Giuseppe Arcimboldo
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca Vegetable Face Plates, After Giuseppe Arcimboldo, A Pair
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Conchiglie Seashell Plate with Mollusks, #9
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
and sea anemones. The plate is transfer printed and hand-enameled. The craftsmanship is exquisite
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti Commedia Dell'arte Maschere Italiane Porcelain Plates
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
, Italian Masks, circa 1970s Each plate depicts a character from the Commedia Dell'arte in colour with
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Fornasetti Themes & Variations Porcelain Plate, Number 9, Maori Tatoos
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Themes & Variations porcelain plate, Pattern Number 9, Atelier Fornasetti, 1990s
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Collectible Blue and White Royal Tudor Ware England Plate
Located in Miami, FL
Dinner plate with deep blue-white decor from England. Manufacturer: Royal Tudor This plate is
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1960s English Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain, Ironstone

Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plates, Pair Decorated with Sea Anemones
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Conchiglie pattern which depicts different seashells and sea anemones. The plates are transfer printed and
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Conchiglie Seashell Set of Plates with Mollusks
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
shells and sea anemones. The plate is transfer printed and hand-enameled. The craftsmanship is
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Set of Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Rosoni Pattern Plates-Rosettes
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Set of Six Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Rosoni pattern plates depicting Rosettes 1980s
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Set of 8 Gilted Astrolabe Plates
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Paris, FR
astronomers. Black prints with gold come to a fantastic result, extremely decorative. In 1940 he met Gio
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1960s Italian Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate with Coats of Armour, the Armature Pattern
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
This rare Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate from the Armature pattern is number one in the series
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Seven "Peachtree" Dinner Plates Designed By Richard Meier For Swid Powell
By Richard Meier
Located in Doraville, GA
Seven dinner plates designed by Richard Meier for Swid Powell. The dinner plates are in the
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1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti Sezioni Di Frutta Porcelain Plates of an Eggplant & Apple
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Sezioni di Frutta Porcelain plates of an eggplant and an apple, #6 & #7, 1960s
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plates, Giostra di Frutta (Merry-go-Round of Fruit)
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plates, Giostra di Frutta, Set of Six, Numbered 1 through 6, 1955-65
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Fornasetti Themes & Variations Gold Plate, Tema E Variazioni, Pattern Number 34
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Themes & Variations Gold Plate, Tema E Variazioni, Pattern Number 34, Atelier
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Dessert Plates, Nos 4 and 12
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Dessert Plates, Nos 4 and 12 Made Exclusively for
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Mesi & Soli Plates, "12 Mesi, 12 Soli", Twelve Suns
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Plates were first produced in the early 1950s. Mark: Each with Piero Fornasetti printed mark and
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Desert Plate, No 12 for Tiffany
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Dessert Plate, No 12 for Tiffany, Circa 1970 The
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Mid-Century Modern French Ceramic Plate by Jean Lurçat Blue Red Green Yellow
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Mid-Century Modern ceramic plate by designer Jean Lurçat featuring a multicolour transfer print of
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Mesi and Soli Pair of Plates 12 Suns 12 Months, 1955
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti porcelain plates, 12 suns, 12 months, Pair of plates Mid to late 1950s. The
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

La Fête de la Patronne - Etching by Pablo Picasso - 1971
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Roma, IT
This etching by Picasso is an edition of 50 prints, Plate 115 from "Series 156". Stamped signature
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1970s Cubist Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Etching

Fisherman Three 1939 original signed etching by John E. Costigan
By John Edward Costigan
Located in Paonia, CO
illustrated in Thomas Cravens ” A Treasury of American Prints ” plate #26. Signed in pencil J. E. Costigan N
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Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Etching

Set of 12 Steuben Wheel Engraved Crystal or Glass Audubon Plates by Sydney Waugh
By Steuben Glass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
engraved depictions of Audubon's birds. From a series of 21 birds after Audubon's prints. The plates
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Crystal

Late 20th C. Set of 8 Seeded Glass Dinner Plates with White Skull and Crossbones
Located in Morristown, NJ
plates are substantial. The skull and crossbone design is incorporated into the seeded glass, not printed
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Late 20th Century American Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Glass

Late 20th C. Set of 8 Seeded Glass Side Plates with White Skull and Crossbones
Located in Morristown, NJ
plates are substantial. The skull and crossbone design is incorporated into the seeded glass, not printed
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Late 20th Century American Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Glass

Postmodern Dinnerware Set by Dorothy Hafner for Tiffany & Co. "Chevron" Print
By Dorothy Hafner, Tiffany & Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
large dinner plates, 6 dessert plates, 6 bread plates, 5 soup bowls, 1 x-large serving bowl, 6 tea cup
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1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Stanley Tigerman Post-Modern Rare Porcelain Plate
By Stanley Tigerman
Located in Sharon, CT
'transfer' printed plate, initialed and dated in gilt on the verso.
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1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Albert Skira Print of bird, Ceramic Plate, "Céramiques De Picasso"
By Pablo Picasso, Albert Skira
Located in Stockholm, SE
An exquisite shiny polychrome print of Picasso Vallauris ceramic plate depicting a bird. The color
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1940s Swiss Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Paper

Leonard Baskin Plate Signed Illustration Print American Modernist Lithograph
By Leonard Baskin
Located in Surfside, FL
the gallery's Print Division; printmakers such as Will Barnet, Leonard Baskin, Robert Conover, Edmond
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20th Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Black and White, Lithograph

Intersecting Lines - Plate 3 - Screen Print by François Morellet - 1975
By Francois Morellet
Located in Roma, IT
Intersecting Lines - Plate 3 is an original artwork realized by François Morellet in 1975. Black
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1970s Minimalist Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Screen

Marc Chagall '1887 1985' Plate Signed Modernist Figural Lithographic Print
By (after) Marc Chagall
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Plate signed modernist figural lithographic print Galerie Maeght Paris
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1950s French Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Glass, Paper

Joyce T. Nagel Print "Orange" AP 1 Artist's Proof Handmade Paper Signed Dated
Located in Detroit, MI
, where she organized many exhibitions (Prints & Plates), and did graphics and production for their
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1970s Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Ink, Paper

Set of 4 Italian Faux Marble Plates
Located in Riverdale, NY
Set of 4 faux marble printed plates from the 1980's. Manufactured by Ancora, these were samples
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1980s Italian Baroque Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Albert Skira Print of battle of Centaurs, Ceramic Plate, "Céramiques De Picasso"
By Albert Skira, Pablo Picasso
Located in Stockholm, SE
An exquisite shiny polychrome print of Picasso Vallauris ceramic plate depicting battle of Centaurs
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1940s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Paper

Artistic Innovations Framed Art Print Canada Plate and Cups, 3 Pc Set
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Artistic innovations framed art print Canada plate and cups - 3 pc set. Item features ornate gold
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Late 20th Century American Classical Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Glass, Wood

Offset Lithograph Modernist Print of Bold Vibrant Flowers, Plate Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
, Sam Wanamaker and Stanley Baker. Painting was combined with print-making, and his hand- coloured
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20th Century Modern Vintage Print Plates

Materials

Offset

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Vintage Print Plates For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a broad range of vintage print plates for sale on 1stDibs. Today, if you’re looking for Pop Art editions of these works and are unable to find the perfect match for your home, our selection also includes Surrealist. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. You can search the vintage print plates that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, beige, black and white. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Keith Haring and Alexander Calder are consistently popular. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in lithograph, etching and offset print.

How Much are Vintage Print Plates?

The average selling price for vintage print plates we offer is $670, while they’re typically $10 on the low end and $378,500 for the highest priced.

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.)

Find fine art prints for sale on 1stDibs today.

Questions About Vintage Print Plates
  • 1stDibs ExpertJune 30, 2023
    Whether plate-signed prints are worth anything depends on the artist, the rarity of the piece, its condition and other factors. While artists’ editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, and so new collectors are often directed toward prints as a starting point, accessibility, however, does not mean prints appreciate at a different pace from other mediums. The market for paintings increases parallel to the prints market (and a signed work may be more valuable to collectors than an unsigned print). A certified appraiser or art industry professional can evaluate specific prints and determine their value. On 1stDibs, shop a range of prints from some of the world’s top galleries.

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