Prints
20th Century French Prints
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19th Century American Modern Antique Prints
2010s American Prints
Aluminum
1770s Georgian Antique Prints
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2010s American Prints
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2010s American Prints
Aluminum
19th Century American Country Antique Prints
2010s American Prints
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2010s American Prints
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Prints
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2010s American Prints
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2010s American Prints
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20th Century American Native American Prints
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Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Prints
Oak
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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2010s American Prints
Aluminum
2010s American Prints
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2010s American Prints
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2010s American Prints
Aluminum
2010s American Prints
Aluminum
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
2010s American Prints
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2010s American Prints
Aluminum
2010s American Prints
Aluminum
1890s English Antique Prints
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2010s American Prints
Aluminum
2010s American Prints
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Early 1900s French Art Deco Antique Prints
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2010s American Prints
Aluminum
1970s English Vintage Prints
2010s American Prints
Aluminum
2010s American Prints
Aluminum
2010s American Prints
Aluminum
Early 2000s Egyptian Modern Prints
Oak, Paint, Paper
1890s English Antique Prints
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Late 18th Century French Georgian Antique Prints
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1740s German Georgian Antique Prints
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19th Century Austrian Antique Prints
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18th Century German Georgian Antique Prints
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Prints
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1850s Antique Prints
2010s American Prints
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2010s American Prints
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Canvas
1970s American Modern Vintage Prints
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Early 19th Century French Georgian Antique Prints
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Prints
18th Century Japanese Antique Prints
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1930s Israeli Vintage Prints
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Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Prints
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Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Prints
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Early 19th Century French Egyptian Antique Prints
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1850s English Antique Prints
Giltwood, Paper
20th Century American Modern Prints
20th Century American Modern Prints
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Prints
1930s English Vintage Prints
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.