Prints
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Paper, Wood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Metal
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1980s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Wood, Paper
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper, Glass, Wood
Early 2000s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Prints
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Aluminum
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paint
Mid-20th Century Argentine Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paint, Paper
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood, Paper
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paint, Paper
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Metal, Silver Plate
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Wood, Paper, Glass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Prints
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1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Plexiglass
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Late 20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Prints
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
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1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Chrome
2010s Mid-Century Modern Prints
Canvas
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Prints
Fabric
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood, Paper
20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper, Art Glass, Pine
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood, Masonite, 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.