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Au Presser Le Raisin Fut Foule', Expressionist Intaglio by Georges Rouault
Au Presser Le Raisin Fut Foule', Expressionist Intaglio by Georges Rouault

Au Presser Le Raisin Fut Foule', Expressionist Intaglio by Georges Rouault

By Georges Rouault

Located in Long Island City, NY

Au Presser Le Raisin Fut Foule’ (In the Winepress the Grapes were Crushed ) from the Misere Series, Plate #48 Georges Rouault, French (1871–1958) Date: 1922 Intaglio, signed and date...

Category

1920s Expressionist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Intaglio

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988
Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

By Willem de Kooning

Located in Southampton, NY

The prints were hand-torn and applied with intaglio presses to the text page at Wingate Studio and Renaissance Press.

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988
Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

By Willem de Kooning

Located in Southampton, NY

The prints were hand-torn and applied with intaglio presses to the text page at Wingate Studio and Renaissance Press.

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988
Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

By Willem de Kooning

Located in Southampton, NY

The prints were hand-torn and applied with intaglio presses to the text page at Wingate Studio and Renaissance Press.

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988
Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

By Willem de Kooning

Located in Southampton, NY

The prints were hand-torn and applied with intaglio presses to the text page at Wingate Studio and Renaissance Press.

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988
Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

By Willem de Kooning

Located in Southampton, NY

The prints were hand-torn and applied with intaglio presses to the text page at Wingate Studio and Renaissance Press.

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988
Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

By Willem de Kooning

Located in Southampton, NY

The prints were hand-torn and applied with intaglio presses to the text page at Wingate Studio and Renaissance Press.

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988
Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

By Willem de Kooning

Located in Southampton, NY

The prints were hand-torn and applied with intaglio presses to the text page at Wingate Studio and Renaissance Press.

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988
Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

By Willem de Kooning

Located in Southampton, NY

The prints were hand-torn and applied with intaglio presses to the text page at Wingate Studio and Renaissance Press.

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988
Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

By Willem de Kooning

Located in Southampton, NY

The prints were hand-torn and applied with intaglio presses to the text page at Wingate Studio and Renaissance Press.

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988
Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

By Willem de Kooning

Located in Southampton, NY

The prints were hand-torn and applied with intaglio presses to the text page at Wingate Studio and Renaissance Press.

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988
Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

By Willem de Kooning

Located in Southampton, NY

The prints were hand-torn and applied with intaglio presses to the text page at Wingate Studio and Renaissance Press.

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988
Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

By Willem de Kooning

Located in Southampton, NY

The prints were hand-torn and applied with intaglio presses to the text page at Wingate Studio and Renaissance Press.

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988
Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

By Willem de Kooning

Located in Southampton, NY

The prints were hand-torn and applied with intaglio presses to the text page at Wingate Studio and Renaissance Press.

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988
Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

By Willem de Kooning

Located in Southampton, NY

The prints were hand-torn and applied with intaglio presses to the text page at Wingate Studio and Renaissance Press.

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988
Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

By Willem de Kooning

Located in Southampton, NY

The prints were hand-torn and applied with intaglio presses to the text page at Wingate Studio and Renaissance Press.

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988
Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

By Willem de Kooning

Located in Southampton, NY

The prints were hand-torn and applied with intaglio presses to the text page at Wingate Studio and Renaissance Press.

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988
Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, from Poems, 1988

By Willem de Kooning

Located in Southampton, NY

The prints were hand-torn and applied with intaglio presses to the text page at Wingate Studio and Renaissance Press.

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

'Venetian Ikebana', Artist Signed Limited Edition Lithograph, Glass, Seattle
'Venetian Ikebana', Artist Signed Limited Edition Lithograph, Glass, Seattle

'Venetian Ikebana', Artist Signed Limited Edition Lithograph, Glass, Seattle

By Dale Chihuly

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Inscribed, verso, with number and limitation '34/172' and created in 2001. Printed by Stone Press in Seattle, Washington (from blind stamp) A color lithograph over intaglio ground ...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Impressionist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Laid Paper, Acrylic, Intaglio, Lithograph

Portrait of Docteur Gachet (Man with a Pipe) - Etching (second edition)
Portrait of Docteur Gachet (Man with a Pipe) - Etching (second edition)

Portrait of Docteur Gachet (Man with a Pipe) - Etching (second edition)

By Vincent van Gogh

Located in Paris, IDF

Boiteux based on the copy held at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (and in a slightly larger size than the original to avoid any confusion), and the print was produced on old pap...

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2010s Impressionist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Etching

Antique English bubble glass paper weight, with a Jack Russel dog, England 1900.
Antique English bubble glass paper weight, with a Jack Russel dog, England 1900.

Antique English bubble glass paper weight, with a Jack Russel dog, England 1900.

Located in Milan, IT

Antique English bubble glass paper weight or paper press, with intaglio of the head of a Jack Russel dog, carved and painted reverse, Essex crystal style links.

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Early 20th Century British Other Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Glass

Dorothy Dolph Jensen, Fossil Inclusions
Dorothy Dolph Jensen, Fossil Inclusions

Dorothy Dolph Jensen, Fossil Inclusions

By Dorothy Dolph Jensen

Located in New York, NY

For many years in the 1920s and 30s she was the only woman artist in Seattle making intaglio prints on her own press.

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Linocut

Pablo Picasso, Two Bathers, from The Honeysuckle, 1943
Pablo Picasso, Two Bathers, from The Honeysuckle, 1943

Pablo Picasso, Two Bathers, from The Honeysuckle, 1943

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Southampton, NY

The etching, intended solely for the examples de tete, is one of the VI illustrations printed in intaglio on the presses of Roger Lacouriere. About the Publication: Le Chevre-Feui...

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1940s Cubist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

Pablo Picasso, Three Bathers, from The Honeysuckle, 1943
Pablo Picasso, Three Bathers, from The Honeysuckle, 1943

Pablo Picasso, Three Bathers, from The Honeysuckle, 1943

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Southampton, NY

The etching, intended solely for the examples de tete, is one of the VI illustrations printed in intaglio on the presses of Roger Lacouriere. About the Publication: Le Chevre-Feui...

Category

1940s Cubist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

Pablo Picasso, Two Women, from The Honeysuckle, 1943
Pablo Picasso, Two Women, from The Honeysuckle, 1943

Pablo Picasso, Two Women, from The Honeysuckle, 1943

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Southampton, NY

The etching, intended solely for the examples de tete, is one of the VI illustrations printed in intaglio on the presses of Roger Lacouriere. About the Publication: Le Chevre-Feui...

Category

1940s Cubist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

Pablo Picasso, Seated Woman and Two Dancers, from The Honeysuckle, 1943
Pablo Picasso, Seated Woman and Two Dancers, from The Honeysuckle, 1943

Pablo Picasso, Seated Woman and Two Dancers, from The Honeysuckle, 1943

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Southampton, NY

The etching, intended solely for the examples de tete, is one of the VI illustrations printed in intaglio on the presses of Roger Lacouriere. About the Publication: Le Chevre-Feui...

Category

1940s Cubist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

Pablo Picasso, Dancer, from The Honeysuckle, 1943
Pablo Picasso, Dancer, from The Honeysuckle, 1943

Pablo Picasso, Dancer, from The Honeysuckle, 1943

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Southampton, NY

The etching, intended solely for the examples de tete, is one of the VI illustrations printed in intaglio on the presses of Roger Lacouriere. About the Publication: Le Chevre-Feui...

Category

1940s Cubist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

Pablo Picasso, Faces, from The Honeysuckle, 1943
Pablo Picasso, Faces, from The Honeysuckle, 1943

Pablo Picasso, Faces, from The Honeysuckle, 1943

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Southampton, NY

The etching, intended solely for the examples de tete, is one of the VI illustrations printed in intaglio on the presses of Roger Lacouriere. About the Publication: Le Chevre-Feui...

Category

1940s Cubist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Lithograph

Dorothy Dolph Jensen, Fossil Inclusions
Dorothy Dolph Jensen, Fossil Inclusions

Dorothy Dolph Jensen, Fossil Inclusions

By Dorothy Dolph Jensen

Located in New York, NY

For many years in the 1920s and 30s she was the only woman artist in Seattle making intaglio prints on her own press.

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Linocut

Recent Sales

Sufflo
Sufflo

Donald TeskeySufflo, 2017

Unavailable

H 44.49 in W 51.19 in D 0.04 in

Sufflo

By Donald Teskey

Located in Dublin, IE

Donald Teskey has been making prints with Stoney Road Press since 2009, using carborundum and intaglio techniques in both large and smaller scale prints.

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Intaglio

History Keeper

John FitzsimonsHistory Keeper, 2018

Unavailable

H 20.48 in W 24.81 in D 0.08 in

History Keeper

By John Fitzsimons

Located in Dublin, IE

Since 2006, John has been working for Stoney Road Press in Dublin, Ireland editioning the works of the visiting artists to the studio.

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Intaglio

Venezia

Donald TeskeyVenezia, 2011

Unavailable

H 21.66 in W 26.38 in D 0.04 in

Venezia

By Donald Teskey

Located in Dublin, IE

Donald Teskey has been making prints with Stoney Road Press since 2009, using carborundum and intaglio techniques in both large and smaller scale prints.

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Intaglio

Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, Venezia

Donald TeskeySs. Giovanni e Paolo, Venezia, 2011

Unavailable

H 23.63 in W 30.71 in D 0.04 in

Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, Venezia

By Donald Teskey

Located in Dublin, IE

Donald Teskey has been making prints with Stoney Road Press since 2009, using carborundum and intaglio techniques in both large and smaller scale prints.

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Intaglio

Fondamenta Nuova Venezia

Donald TeskeyFondamenta Nuova Venezia, 2011

Unavailable

H 23.63 in W 30.71 in D 0.04 in

Fondamenta Nuova Venezia

By Donald Teskey

Located in Dublin, IE

Donald Teskey has been making prints with Stoney Road Press since 2009, using carborundum and intaglio techniques in both large and smaller scale prints.

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Intaglio

Kan iv

Richard GormanKan iv, 2015

Unavailable

H 20.08 in W 14.97 in D 0.04 in

Kan iv

By Richard Gorman

Located in Dublin, IE

Printed onto Khadi paper from India, the surface and edges of this artwork will have their own distinctive characteristics and unique qualities. There may be some undulations and ir...

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Intaglio

KAN A

Richard GormanKAN A, 2015

Unavailable

H 59.06 in W 43.31 in D 0.08 in

KAN A

By Richard Gorman

Located in Dublin, IE

Printed onto Khadi paper from India, the surface and edges of this artwork will have their own distinctive characteristics and unique qualities. There may be some undulations and ir...

Category

2010s Abstract Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Intaglio

KAN B

Richard GormanKAN B, 2015

Unavailable

H 59.06 in W 43.31 in D 0.2 in

KAN B

By Richard Gorman

Located in Dublin, IE

Printed onto Khadi paper from India, the surface and edges of this artwork will have their own distinctive characteristics and unique qualities. There may be some undulations and ir...

Category

2010s Abstract Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Intaglio

KAN III

Richard GormanKAN III, 2015

Unavailable

H 20.08 in W 14.97 in D 0.2 in

KAN III

By Richard Gorman

Located in Dublin, IE

Printed onto Khadi paper from India, the surface and edges of this artwork will have their own distinctive characteristics and unique qualities. There may be some undulations and ir...

Category

2010s Abstract Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Intaglio

KAN C

Richard GormanKAN C, 2015

Unavailable

H 59.06 in W 43.31 in D 0.08 in

KAN C

By Richard Gorman

Located in Dublin, IE

Printed onto Khadi paper from India, the surface and edges of this artwork will have their own distinctive characteristics and unique qualities. There may be some undulations and ir...

Category

2010s Abstract Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Intaglio

KAN II

Richard GormanKAN II, 2015

Unavailable

H 20.08 in W 14.97 in D 0.08 in

KAN II

By Richard Gorman

Located in Dublin, IE

Printed onto Khadi paper from India, the surface and edges of this artwork will have their own distinctive characteristics and unique qualities. There may be some undulations and ir...

Category

2010s Abstract Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Intaglio

Consecutive Dementia

Monica LundyConsecutive Dementia, 2016

Unavailable

H 29.93 in W 22.05 in D 0.2 in

Consecutive Dementia

By Monica Lundy

Located in Dublin, IE

Monica Lundy is a Californian artist gifted with an extraordinary technique; she is also, notably, a historian, a detective, a time-traveller and a necromancer. Through assiduous re...

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Intaglio

Acute Melancholia

Monica LundyAcute Melancholia, 2016

Unavailable

H 29.93 in W 22.05 in D 0.2 in

Acute Melancholia

By Monica Lundy

Located in Dublin, IE

Monica Lundy is a Californian artist gifted with an extraordinary technique; she is also, notably, a historian, a detective, a time-traveller and a necromancer. Through assiduous re...

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Intaglio

Ben Gower / Ben Breen

Joe WilsonBen Gower / Ben Breen, 2015

Unavailable

H 21.26 in W 25.2 in D 0.04 in

Ben Gower / Ben Breen

By Joe Wilson

Located in Dublin, IE

Joe Wilson was born in Bolton, England in 1947. He studied fine art at Manchester School of Art from 1965 to 1969. He has lived and worked in Ireland since 1979. He lectured at Limer...

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Intaglio

Dark Wave

Richard GormanDark Wave, 2003

Unavailable

H 29.93 in W 29.93 in D 0.04 in

Dark Wave

By Richard Gorman

Located in Dublin, IE

Born in Dublin in 1946, Richard Gorman was educated in Ireland but has lived and worked in Milan since the 1980s. He has exhibited widely and regularly since the mid 80s, especially ...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Intaglio

Sour

Richard GormanSour, 2003

Unavailable

H 29.93 in W 29.93 in D 0.04 in

Sour

By Richard Gorman

Located in Dublin, IE

Born in Dublin in 1946, Richard Gorman was educated in Ireland but has lived and worked in Milan since the 1980s. He has exhibited widely and regularly since the mid 80s, especially ...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Intaglio

Big Red

Richard GormanBig Red, 2005

Unavailable

H 59.85 in W 42.13 in D 0.04 in

Big Red

By Richard Gorman

Located in Dublin, IE

'Big Red' is a woodblock print by Richard Gorman. It is printed onto two sheets and they are mounted / framed as a diptych. It is a large print, measuring 152 x 107cm. Born in Dub...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Intaglio

"Little Landscape on the High Seas", abstract print, signed and numbered 41/200
"Little Landscape on the High Seas", abstract print, signed and numbered 41/200

"Little Landscape on the High Seas", abstract print, signed and numbered 41/200

By Dieter Roth

Located in Cologne, DE

In the 1970s Dieter Roth met Karl Schulz and they built their own print studio in a former carpentry wherethey tried to improve the ways to bring Roths sketches on the print carriers...

Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Black and White, Linocut

BOOKENDS: HORSES II - Minimal Horse Painting
BOOKENDS: HORSES II - Minimal Horse Painting

BOOKENDS: HORSES II - Minimal Horse Painting

By Renee Bott

Located in Boston, MA

Over 20 years, Paulson Bott Press published 44 artists, creating more than 500 limited edition intaglio prints.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Acrylic

Au Presser Le Raisin Fut Foule' Plate #48 Rare Georges Rouault 1922 intaglio

Au Presser Le Raisin Fut Foule' Plate #48 Rare Georges Rouault 1922 intaglio

By Georges Rouault

Located in Paonia, CO

Rouault, Geroge Henri ( 1871 - 1958 ) Au Presser Le Raisin Fut Foule' Plate #48 (In the Winepress the Grapes were Crushed ) Miserere Series Intaglio 19.75 x 25.50 Au Presser L...

Category

1920s Expressionist Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Intaglio

"Untitled", original abstract pencil drawing, framed, signed by Dieter Roth
"Untitled", original abstract pencil drawing, framed, signed by Dieter Roth

"Untitled", original abstract pencil drawing, framed, signed by Dieter Roth

By Dieter Roth

Located in Cologne, DE

In the 1970s Dieter Roth met Karl Schulz and they built their own print studio in a former carpentry wherethey tried to improve the ways to bring Roths sketches on the print carriers...

Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Paper, Pencil

"Always on", original book print, signed and numbered by Roth, abstract poetry
"Always on", original book print, signed and numbered by Roth, abstract poetry

"Always on", original book print, signed and numbered by Roth, abstract poetry

By Dieter Roth

Located in Cologne, DE

In the 1970s Dieter Roth met Karl Schulz and they built their own print studio in a former carpentry wherethey tried to improve the ways to bring Roths sketches on the print carriers...

Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Monoprint, Paper

Glencoaghan Valley

Joe WilsonGlencoaghan Valley, 2015

Sold

H 21.26 in W 25.2 in D 0.04 in

Glencoaghan Valley

By Joe Wilson

Located in Dublin, IE

Joe Wilson was born in Bolton, England in 1947. He studied fine art at Manchester School of Art from 1965 to 1969. He has lived and worked in Ireland since 1979. He lectured at Limer...

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Intaglio

Pinselaktion // Brushaction // 30 prints and two text pages // signed by Roth
Pinselaktion // Brushaction // 30 prints and two text pages // signed by Roth

Pinselaktion // Brushaction // 30 prints and two text pages // signed by Roth

By Dieter Roth

Located in Cologne, DE

In the 1970s Dieter Roth met Karl Schulz and they built their own print studio in a former carpentry wherethey tried to improve the ways to bring Roths sketches on the print carriers...

Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Used Intaglio Press

Materials

Cardboard, Offset

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Used Intaglio Press For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the used intaglio press you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. In our selection of items, you can find abstract examples as well as a contemporary version. If you’re looking for a used intaglio press from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. When looking for the right used intaglio press for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, beige, white and brown. There have been many interesting used intaglio press examples over the years, but those made by Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei, Linda Whittemore, Dieter Roth, John Schiff and Dale Chihuly are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in paper, intaglio and etching can add an especially memorable touch.

How Much is a Used Intaglio Press?

A used intaglio press can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,651, while the lowest priced sells for $59 and the highest can go for as much as $350,000.

Finding the Right Prints-works-on-paper for You

Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.

Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.

Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.

Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.

Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.

“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.

Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.

For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)

Find fine art prints for sale on 1stDibs today.

Questions About Used Intaglio Press

  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    An intaglio is used for stamping a positive imprint on a wax seal which identifies and authenticates the letter on which it was pressed. In the Roman Empire, intaglios could be carved out of precious stones such as amethyst or garnet. Shop a collection of intaglios from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A book press was used to bind books with pressure. When a book is placed in the center of the press, the platen is lowered to firmly press the book to hold its shape. Today, book presses are a popular home decor choice for collectors and avid book readers alike. Shop a selection of vintage book presses on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    A duck press is used to make the French dish canard à la presse or pressed duck. To prepare the dish, a chef removes the breasts and legs from a whole duck. Then, they place the duck in the press and turn the crank to extract the juices and blood. The liquid becomes a base for a stock used to dress the cooked breasts and thighs. Shop a selection of duck presses on 1stDibs.