Prints
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Paper
Early 2000s American Modern Prints
Other
Late 20th Century Hungarian Prints
Paper
1990s American Prints
Paper
1990s Native American Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Mirror, Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Mirror, Wood, Paper
1970s Japanese Modern Vintage Prints
Metal
1990s American Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Prints
Oak
1990s Native American Prints
Paper
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood
1970s Japanese Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1970s Vintage Prints
Paper
1980s Swedish Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1970s Dutch Vintage Prints
Paper
1970s American Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood
Late 20th Century Prints
Paper
1980s American Modern Vintage Prints
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Mirror, Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Mirror, Wood, Paper
2010s Italian Post-Modern Prints
Fabric
1980s Canadian Vintage Prints
Canvas
1970s French Vintage Prints
Plywood
1990s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
Early 2000s American Post-Modern Prints
Canvas
1990s Swedish Modern Prints
Paper
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood
1990s Swedish Modern Prints
Paper
1970s Japanese Modern Vintage Prints
Wood, Paper
1990s Swedish Modern Prints
Paper
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1990s Swedish Modern Prints
Paper
1980s American Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century American Anglo-Japanese Prints
Metal
Late 20th Century American Islamic Prints
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Early 2000s Prints
Paper
Early 2000s American Modern Prints
Paper
1970s American Baroque Vintage Prints
Paper
1980s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
2010s Canadian Modern Prints
Paper
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Prints
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Prints
Paper
2010s Canadian Modern Prints
Paper
2010s American Modern Prints
Paper
2010s American Prints
Paper
1980s Japanese Vintage Prints
Paper
1970s American Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Prints
Paper
1970s American 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.