Prints
1980s Vintage Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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1970s Japanese Showa Vintage Prints
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1980s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1980s American Vintage Prints
Chrome
1830s English Early Victorian Antique Prints
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18th Century German Antique Prints
Brass
19th Century English Antique Prints
Paper, Wood
Early 2000s British Mid-Century Modern Prints
Aluminum
Early 19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Prints
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16th Century German Antique Prints
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1830s American Early Victorian Antique Prints
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Prints
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
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19th Century Croatian Mid-Century Modern Antique Prints
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Prints
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Early 19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Prints
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Late 20th Century Prints
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1850s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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1970s North American Vintage Prints
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1980s American Art Deco Vintage Prints
Glass, Paper
1990s European Modern Prints
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Mid-20th Century Prints
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20th Century French Prints
20th Century Victorian Prints
Other
1970s Vintage Prints
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1880s English Gothic Revival Antique Prints
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1990s German Modern Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Prints
Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary English Other Prints
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20th Century French Expressionist Prints
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1960s Vintage Prints
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20th Century French Expressionist Prints
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1830s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Prints
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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1960s American Rustic Vintage Prints
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1970s Vintage Prints
Late 20th Century French Prints
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1980s Post-Modern Vintage Prints
Metal
1960s Other Vintage Prints
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1880s English Gothic Revival Antique Prints
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1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Prints
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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Mid-20th Century American Prints
Paint, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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Mid-20th Century French Modern Prints
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
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1850s English Georgian Antique Prints
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1710s Dutch Neoclassical Antique Prints
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2010s North American Prints
Glass, Paper
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1710s Dutch Neoclassical Antique Prints
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1990s Danish Scandinavian Modern Prints
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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.