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Untitled (5 spots)
By Tomma Abts
Located in San Francisco, CA
spit bite aquatints with hard ground and flat bite etching. Image size: 18 x 12⅞; paper size: 23⅛ x 17
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Sign in a Mudstorm
By Ed Ruscha
Located in San Francisco, CA
½"; paper size: 28½ x 24½". Edition 40. Published by Crown Point Press Ed Ruscha began a series of sign
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching

Sign in a Sandstorm
By Ed Ruscha
Located in San Francisco, CA
½"; paper size: 28½ x 24½". Edition 40. Published by Crown Point Press Ed Ruscha began a series of sign
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching

Sign in a Rainstorm
By Ed Ruscha
Located in San Francisco, CA
½"; paper size: 28½ x 24½". Edition 40. Published by Crown Point Press Ed Ruscha began a series of sign
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching

The Fallen Fables
By Marcel Dzama
Located in San Francisco, CA
Marcel Dzama, The Fallen Fables, 2015 A portfolio of twelve soft ground etchings with spit bite
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Pliss
By Pia Fries
Located in San Francisco, CA
: 34-½ x 25-½". Edition 25. Published by Crown Point Press
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching

Sulk
By Pia Fries
Located in San Francisco, CA
: 34-½ x 25-½". Edition 25. Published by Crown Point Press
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching

Camellia Pink
By Robert Kushner
Located in San Francisco, CA
size: 20 x 21". Edition 35. Published by Crown Point Press
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching

Nightpack (Red, Yellow, Blue)
By Charline Von Heyl
Located in San Francisco, CA
Color sugar lift and spit bite aquatints with soft ground etching and drypoint on gampi paper chine
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Used Etching Presses

Materials

Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Lighthouse/Mirror
By John Zurier
Located in San Francisco, CA
through the press. John Zurier, Lighthouse/Mirror, 2016 Color soft ground etching on gampi paper chine
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching

Untitled (12 bits)
By Tomma Abts
Located in San Francisco, CA
timelessly stylish. Color soft ground etching with aquatint reversal and aquatint. Image size: 18 x 12
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

L etranger
By Charline Von Heyl
Located in San Francisco, CA
ground etching on gampi paper chine collé. Image size: 24 x 19"; paper size: 31 x 25". Edition 20
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Untitled (triangle)
By Tomma Abts
Located in San Francisco, CA
her first visit to Crown Point Press, in 2009. The technique of spit bite aquatint, which Abts used to
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Zoot Suit
By Ed Ruscha
Located in San Francisco, CA
made you feel like you were on top of the world. Zoot Suit, 2014 Flat bite etching printed in red
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching

Untitled (small circles)
By Tomma Abts
Located in San Francisco, CA
size: 23 x 16¾"; paper size: 29¼ x 22¾". Edition 20. Published by Crown Point Press
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Last Night, New Day
By Chris Ofili
Located in San Francisco, CA
take you in and pull you back out.' We were standing in the studio at Crown Point Press looking at a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching

Orbit
By Shahzia Sikander
Located in San Francisco, CA
Point Press. She is best known as a painter, but computer animation has become a part of her work, and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching

: : : : :
By Jacqueline Humphries
Located in San Francisco, CA
continued building on this vocabulary of stenciled grids and emoticons when she made ten etchings at Crown
Category

2010s Abstract Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Schatzi
By Charline Von Heyl
Located in San Francisco, CA
Color spit bite aquatint and soft ground etching on gampi paper chine collé. Image size: 24 x 19
Category

20th Century Abstract Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Untitled (gap)
By Tomma Abts
Located in San Francisco, CA
Lime balls dance diagonally across thick blue stripes in this medium-sized etching by London-based
Category

2010s Abstract Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

REPRESENT THE WORK, Logo
By Matt Mullican
Located in San Francisco, CA
REPRESENT THE WORK, Logo, 2020 Color aquatint with hard ground and soft ground etching. Image size
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

REPRESENT THE WORK, Person and Place
By Matt Mullican
Located in San Francisco, CA
REPRESENT THE WORK, Person and Place, 2020 Aquatint with soft ground and hard ground etching
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

REPRESENT THE WORK, Alphabet
By Matt Mullican
Located in San Francisco, CA
REPRESENT THE WORK, Alphabet, 2020 Aquatint with hard ground etching printed in yellow and black
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

REPRESENT THE WORK, Charts
By Matt Mullican
Located in San Francisco, CA
REPRESENT THE WORK, Charts, 2020 Aquatint with soft ground and hard ground etching printed in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

REPRESENT THE WORK, I Love to Work for Truth and Beauty
By Matt Mullican
Located in San Francisco, CA
soft ground and hard ground etching printed in yellow and black. Image size: 51½ x 35½" ; paper size
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

4 Rivers
By Pat Steir
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pat Steir lives and works in New York. She has made prints at Crown Point Press since 1978. This
Category

20th Century Used Etching Presses

Materials

Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Horsetail
By Anne Appleby
Located in San Francisco, CA
. Published by Crown Point Press and printed by Emily York.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching

Cottonwood
By Anne Appleby
Located in San Francisco, CA
by Crown Point Press and printed by Emily York.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching

Bloom
By Richard Hull
Located in Bloomington, IL
"Bloom" is an intaglio print made using the age-old techniques of line etching and aquatint. This
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Ton
By Richard Hull
Located in Bloomington, IL
"Ton" is an intaglio print made using the age-old techniques of line etching and aquatint. This
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Waterfall III
Located in Bloomington, IL
created the "Waterfall" series of etchings at Manneken Press in 2008. Each of the three prints in the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching

Waterfall II
Located in Bloomington, IL
created the "Waterfall" series of etchings at Manneken Press in 2008. Each of the three prints in the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching

Waterfall I
Located in Bloomington, IL
created the "Waterfall" series of etchings at Manneken Press in 2008. Each of the three prints in the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching

Pale Spring
By John Zurier
Located in San Francisco, CA
The Bay Area abstract painter John Zurier made seven etchings in the Crown Point studio in 2016
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Sheet Music
By Christopher Brown
Located in San Francisco, CA
During Christopher Brown's third project at Crown Point, in 1994, he made four etchings with birds
Category

20th Century Used Etching Presses

Materials

Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Clouds Obscuring San Diego
By Yvonne Jacquette
Located in San Francisco, CA
New York-based artist Yvonne Jacquette's created her color etching "Clouds Obscuring San Diego
Category

Late 20th Century Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

The Lovers
By Wilson Shieh
Located in San Francisco, CA
Point, he made five etchings. The one shown here, "The Lovers", invites the viewer to create their own
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Aquatint, Etching

It s Not Easy Being Green
By Tom Marioni
Located in San Francisco, CA
Color drypoint with aquatint and flat bite etching. Image size: 23½ x 20¾"; paper size: 34½ x 30
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Used Etching Presses

Materials

Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Three of a Kind
By Tom Marioni
Located in San Francisco, CA
with aquatint and soft ground etching. Image size: 11 x 11"; paper size: 17½ x 17". Edition 25
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Saga
Located in San Francisco, CA
ground etching and drypoint on gampi paper chine collé. Image size: 18¾ x 33¼"; paper size: 27¾ x 41
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Aquatint, Drypoint, Etching

Left Gatekeeper Ibis
Located in Bloomington, IL
"Left Gatekeeper Ibis" is an etching, aquatint and soap ground aquatint printed from two copper
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Right Gatekeeper Ibis
Located in Bloomington, IL
"Right Gatekeeper Ibis" is an etching, aquatint and soap ground aquatint printed from two copper
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Bugs
By Matt Magee
Located in Bloomington, IL
Manneken Press’ first project with Arizona-based artist Matt Magee was released in June 2021. Hard
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Drugs
By Matt Magee
Located in Bloomington, IL
Manneken Press’ first project with Arizona-based artist Matt Magee was released in June 2021. Hard
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Plugs
By Matt Magee
Located in Bloomington, IL
Manneken Press’ first project with Arizona-based artist Matt Magee was released in June 2021. Hard
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Three Houses on Pennsylvania Avenue
By Robert Bechtle
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pennsylvania Avenue, 2011 Color soft ground etching with aquatint. Image size: 21½ x 31"; paper size: 30½ x 39
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching

Rake
By Pia Fries
Located in San Francisco, CA
½"; paper size: 34½ x 25½". Edition 25. Published by Crown Point Press
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Photogravure

Falk
By Pia Fries
Located in San Francisco, CA
: 34½ x 25½"; paper size: 34½ x 25½". Edition 25. Published by Crown Point Press
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Used Etching Presses

Materials

Etching, Photogravure

Double Wheel
Located in San Francisco, CA
Point Press etching studio. Color aquatint. Image size: 24 x 36"; paper size: 24 x 36". Edition 20
Category

20th Century Used Etching Presses

Materials

Aquatint

Large Standing Figure
By Charles Eckart
Located in Mill Valley, CA
started etching with his own press in 1966. The etching has always paralleled the various phases of his
Category

1980s Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Archaeologist
By Charles Eckart
Located in Mill Valley, CA
started etching with his own press in 1966. The etching has always paralleled the various phases of his
Category

1980s Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Paintscape No. 2
By Charles Eckart
Located in Mill Valley, CA
started etching with his own press in 1966. The etching has always paralleled the various phases of his
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Used Etching Presses

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Paintscape No. 4
By Charles Eckart
Located in Mill Valley, CA
started etching with his own press in 1966. The etching has always paralleled the various phases of his
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Used Etching Presses

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Paintscape No. 9
By Charles Eckart
Located in Mill Valley, CA
started etching with his own press in 1966. The etching has always paralleled the various phases of his
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Used Etching Presses

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Exchange
By Fred Wilson
Located in San Francisco, CA
recent [from 2004] work concerns “relationships and what’s really important in life.” The etchings
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used Etching Presses

Materials

Aquatint

HumptyDumpty
By Karin Bruckner
Located in New York, NY
Mixed media monoprint, hand pulled by the artist on etching press
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Etching Presses

KlimtianKuriosity
By Karin Bruckner
Located in New York, NY
Mixed media monoprint, hand pulled by the artist on etching press
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Etching Presses

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Used Etching Presses For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of used etching presses is available on 1stDibs. A selection of these works in the contemporary, abstract and Impressionist styles can be found today in our inventory. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a colorful piece of art to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — see the used etching presses on 1stDibs that include elements of gray, beige, black, blue and more. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but Lelia Pissarro, Valton Tyler, Dora Szampanier, Vicky Oldfield and David Hockney produced especially popular works that are worth a look. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in etching, paper and paint.

How Much are Used Etching Presses?

Prices for art of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — used etching presses in our inventory begin at $65 and can go as high as $100,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,401.

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 Etching Presses
  • 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.
  • 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.