Ballet Prints
Early 20th Century German Prints
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
Antique Early 1900s French Prints
Giltwood, Paper
Antique 1770s Prints
Paper
Antique Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Prints
Paper
Vintage 1980s Prints
Paper
2010s American Prints
Paper
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
Antique 1810s Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century Prints
Paper
Antique Late 18th Century Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Expressionist Prints
Canvas
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century American Prints
Sheet Metal
Vintage 1980s Art Deco Prints
Paper
Vintage 1970s French Modern Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Photography
Paper
1990s Spanish Modern Posters
Paper
Antique 16th Century French Renaissance Prints
Paper
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Jars
Earthenware, Pottery
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Persian Antiquities
Bronze
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Persian Arms, Armor and Weapons
Bronze
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antiquities
Stone
Vintage 1960s Japanese Posters
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antiquities
Stone
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antiquities
Stone
1990s French Posters
Paper
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antiquities
Stone
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Other Vases
Clay, Pottery
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antiquities
Stone
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Vases
Clay, Pottery
Antique Early 1900s French Posters
Paper
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antiquities
Pottery
Vintage 1960s Czech Posters
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters
Paper
Recent Sales
21st Century and Contemporary British Prints
Leather, Fabric
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Prints
Paper, Wood
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Prints
Paper, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Linen, Wood, Glass
Early 20th Century Russian Prints
Glass
20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Paper
Vintage 1980s Modern Prints
Late 20th Century Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Art Deco Prints
Paper
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Prints
Paper
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Vintage 1980s Art Deco Prints
Paper
Vintage 1960s American Prints
Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Prints
Paper
Vintage 1970s French Prints
Paint, Paper
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Prints
Paper
20th Century French Books
Antique 19th Century American Modern Photography
Paper
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Photography
Paper
Vintage 1960s French Posters
20th Century American Prints
21st Century and Contemporary French Prints
21st Century and Contemporary French Prints
21st Century and Contemporary French Prints
Late 20th Century American Prints
Plexiglass
Late 20th Century American Prints
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Photography
Paper
Ballet Prints For Sale on 1stDibs
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Finding the Right Prints for You
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.
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