Prints
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Early 20th Century Prints
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Prints
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1940s Japanese Vintage Prints
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1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Late 20th Century North American Modern Prints
Glass, Wood
1980s North American Vintage Prints
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1970s German Country Vintage Prints
Canvas, Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century Prints
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Late 20th Century American Prints
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1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1970s French Modern Vintage Prints
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Early 20th Century Prints
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Mid-20th Century German Industrial Prints
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20th Century Prints
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Paper, Wood
1970s German Country Vintage Prints
Canvas, Wood, Paper
1970s German Country Vintage Prints
Canvas, Wood, Paper
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Prints
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20th Century Victorian Prints
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1920s British Sporting Art Vintage Prints
Wood, Paper
20th Century North American Prints
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Prints
Aluminum
20th Century Prints
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Early 1900s Antique Prints
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Late 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Prints
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1960s French Vintage Prints
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1960s Vintage Prints
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1950s French Vintage Prints
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20th Century Prints
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20th Century Prints
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20th Century Prints
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1970s German Country Vintage Prints
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1930s North American Vintage Prints
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Early 1900s Antique Prints
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1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Early 20th Century Prints
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Mid-20th Century Prints
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1980s Vintage Prints
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Early 20th Century Prints
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Late 20th Century North American Prints
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20th Century Prints
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1980s American Modern Vintage Prints
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20th Century Prints
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1980s Australian Vintage Prints
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1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1970s French Vintage Prints
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Late 20th Century Country Prints
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20th Century Prints
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Early 20th Century Prints
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Early 1900s Dutch Antique Prints
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1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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20th Century Prints
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1940s Art Deco Vintage Prints
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1930s French Expressionist Vintage Prints
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1940s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1950s French Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, 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.