Prints
1960s Spanish Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1980s American Modern Vintage Prints
Other
1980s American Modern Vintage Prints
Other
1960s Japanese Showa Vintage Prints
Paper
1960s Japanese Showa Vintage Prints
Paper
1940s French Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1990s Dutch Modern Prints
Paper
20th Century American Victorian Prints
Glass, Hardwood, Paper
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
20th Century Prints
Canvas, Wood
1970s American Organic Modern Vintage Prints
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century North American Prints
Paper
1940s Art Deco Vintage Prints
Paper
1940s Art Deco Vintage Prints
Paper
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Prints
1970s Vintage Prints
1780s English Georgian Antique Prints
Paper
Late 18th Century Antique Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century British Sporting Art Prints
Paper
Early 1900s American Romantic Antique Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century English George IV Prints
Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
Early 20th Century English George IV Prints
Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
1960s English Sporting Art Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1970s American American Classical Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Prints
Paper
1970s American American Classical Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1770s Italian Classical Roman Antique Prints
Plaster
1770s Italian Classical Roman Antique Prints
Plaster
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century Art Deco Prints
Paper
18th Century Antique Prints
Paper
1970s French Minimalist Vintage Prints
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
Mid-18th Century Antique Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century French Modern Prints
Paper
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century American Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Prints
Metal
1990s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
Early 1900s French Antique Prints
Paper
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
1990s American Modern Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Prints
Paper
20th Century European Expressionist Prints
Paper
20th Century Prints
Paper
1990s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Federal Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century British Sporting Art Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century British Sporting Art Prints
Paper, Wood
1970s Vintage Prints
Paper
20th Century Dutch Expressionist Prints
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
1970s Greek Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, 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.