Prints
20th Century Prints
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1940s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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20th Century Prints
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20th Century American Neoclassical Prints
Glass, Wood
Early 20th Century Prints
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Early 20th Century Prints
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20th Century Prints
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1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Early 20th Century Prints
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1950s Polish Other Vintage Prints
Canvas
Mid-20th Century American Modern Prints
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20th Century Prints
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Paper, Wood
1990s American Other Prints
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1970s American Vintage Prints
Mid-20th Century Prints
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Mid-20th Century American Native American Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Other
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Other
Early 20th Century Prints
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Glass, Paper
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Metal
Early 20th Century French Prints
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1980s North American High Victorian Vintage Prints
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20th Century American Modern Prints
Wood, Paper
1940s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Late 20th Century Italian Futurist Prints
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Early 20th Century Prints
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Prints
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1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Early 20th Century Italian Prints
Wood
1950s French Vintage Prints
Plastic, Plexiglass, Paper
1950s French Vintage Prints
Plexiglass, Paper, Plastic
Late 20th Century Other Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Late 20th Century German Country Prints
Canvas, Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century Prints
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20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Prints
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20th Century North American Aesthetic Movement Prints
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Prints
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1990s German Modern Prints
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20th Century Prints
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Early 20th Century Prints
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Early 20th Century Prints
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Prints
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1970s French Vintage Prints
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1960s Bulgarian Modern Vintage Prints
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20th Century Prints
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
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1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Prints
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1940s Art Deco Vintage Prints
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Prints
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20th Century American Prints
Wood, Glass, Lithograph, Paper
20th Century Prints
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Early 20th Century Prints
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Prints
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
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1940s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 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.