Prints
1810s Swiss Georgian Antique Prints
Paper
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1970s German Space Age Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century American Prints
Sheet Metal
20th Century Prints
Paper
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Paper
1810s Swiss Biedermeier Antique Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Gold Leaf
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
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2010s Italian Industrial Prints
Canvas, Acrylic
1980s German 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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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Prints
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Early 1800s French Georgian Antique Prints
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1820s English Georgian Antique Prints
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19th Century Antique Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Prints
Plexiglass
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Prints
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1980s American Modern Vintage Prints
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Early 1800s English Antique Prints
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Prints
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1970s Vintage Prints
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20th Century Prints
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1810s English Georgian Antique Prints
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1880s English Gothic Revival Antique Prints
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Mid-20th Century American Prints
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17th Century English Baroque Antique Prints
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1920s Vintage Prints
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1790s English Georgian Antique Prints
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Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Prints
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1960s German Minimalist Vintage Prints
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1860s Swiss Antique Prints
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1680s Renaissance Antique Prints
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20th Century Prints
Paint
2010s American Modern Prints
Canvas
1850s English Other Antique Prints
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2010s Spanish Modern Prints
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1840s South African Victorian Antique Prints
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1980s American Showa Vintage Prints
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1810s English Georgian Antique Prints
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1880s English Gothic Revival Antique Prints
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Early 19th Century Antique Prints
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1870s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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1980s American Modern Vintage Prints
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Prints
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1980s Australian Vintage Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Prints
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Late 20th Century French Modern Prints
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Prints
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20th Century French Modern Prints
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19th Century American Victorian Antique 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.