Prints
1970s American Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1950s American Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Giltwood, Paint, Paper
Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Prints
Gold
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1980s Vintage Prints
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1990s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
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1970s British Vintage Prints
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1990s American Prints
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Prints
Plexiglass, Wood, Paper
1990s American Prints
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1970s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Metal
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Prints
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Late 20th Century French Modern Prints
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1970s Unknown Modern Vintage Prints
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Prints
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1990s French Post-Modern Prints
Glass, Beech, Paper
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Prints
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Late 20th Century Prints
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1970s Australian Post-Modern Vintage Prints
Foil
Late 20th Century North American Post-Modern Prints
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1950s Danish Modern Vintage Prints
Aluminum
1970s Japanese Modern Vintage Prints
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1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Late 20th Century Art Deco Prints
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Late 20th Century American Modern Prints
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1970s North American Vintage Prints
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood, Paper
1980s Expressionist Vintage Prints
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Late 20th Century Prints
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Late 20th Century Prints
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1980s Native American Vintage Prints
Paper, Glass, Wood
Late 20th Century Elizabethan Prints
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Canvas, Glass, Wood
Late 20th Century Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Expressionist Prints
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Late 20th Century Prints
Canvas
Late 20th Century Prints
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1970s French Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century American Modern Prints
Paper
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood, Paper
1970s Swedish Modern Vintage Prints
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1970s Vintage Prints
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Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood
1970s French Modern Vintage Prints
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1980s Modern Vintage Prints
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1980s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Prints
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Canvas, Wood
1950s French Vintage Prints
Paper
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.