Prints
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Prints
Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Paper
Early 1900s English Baroque Antique Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Paper
2010s Argentine Modern Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Paper
Early 1900s American Campaign Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
2010s Argentine Modern Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Prints
Wood, Paper
2010s Argentine Modern Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Paper
2010s Prints
Paper
Early 2000s German Modern Prints
Paper
Early 2000s American Prints
Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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2010s Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Prints
Paper
2010s Prints
Paper
Early 2000s British Mid-Century Modern Prints
Aluminum
Early 2000s American Modern Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Prints
Paper
2010s Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Wood, Paper
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Prints
Paper
2010s English Modern Prints
Wood
2010s American Prints
Plexiglass, Wood
2010s British American Colonial Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Prints
Paper
2010s English Prints
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2010s Prints
Paper
2010s Prints
Paper
Early 1900s British Sporting Art Antique Prints
Paper
2010s Prints
Paper
Early 1900s English Antique Prints
2010s Prints
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2010s Prints
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2010s Prints
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Early 1900s English Antique Prints
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2010s Prints
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2010s Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Prints
Canvas
2010s Prints
Canvas
Early 1900s French Antique Prints
Giltwood, Paper
2010s Italian Industrial Prints
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Modern Prints
Canvas
2010s American Modern Prints
Canvas
Early 1900s English Renaissance Antique Prints
Paper
Early 1900s English Louis XV Antique Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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2010s British Charles II Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Early 1900s English Renaissance Revival Antique 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.