Prints
2010s Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
2010s Mid-Century Modern Prints
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20th Century American Prints
Paper
2010s American Organic Modern Prints
Paper
1970s Folk Art Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper, Wood
1970s Folk Art Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century American Classical Prints
Canvas
Early 20th Century British Prints
Giltwood, Paper
Early 2000s American Prints
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Mid-20th Century English Arts and Crafts Prints
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20th Century American Prints
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1880s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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20th Century American Prints
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1960s Spanish Vintage Prints
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Early 1900s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Plexiglass, Wood, Paper
1630s Unknown Antique Prints
Paper
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Prints
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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20th Century Unknown Prints
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Late 19th Century Antique Prints
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1880s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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1980s American Vintage Prints
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1970s American Vintage Prints
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1970s French Vintage Prints
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1970s Swedish Vintage Prints
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20th Century Unknown Prints
Canvas
Early 2000s American Prints
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Early 2000s American Prints
Canvas
20th Century American Prints
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20th Century American Prints
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Early 2000s American Modern Prints
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1960s Spanish Modern Vintage Prints
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Early 2000s American Prints
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1980s Spanish Vintage Prints
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1880s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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1880s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Late 20th Century French Other Prints
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Early 20th Century Prints
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Late 20th Century French Other Prints
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Late 20th Century French Other Prints
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1880s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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19th Century Belgian Antique Prints
Copper
1970s Austrian Modern Vintage Prints
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1880s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Prints
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1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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1880s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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1770s Italian Classical Roman Antique Prints
Plaster
1880s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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1880s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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1880s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Prints
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1880s English Folk Art Antique 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.