Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term
état
The curator gave further detail: "il s'agit de deux encrages, deux tirages, deux feuilles qui sont encadrées, une avec plus de détail et mois d'encre, l'autre avec moins de détail et plus d'encre"
I'm not sure what the term would be in English here, she suggested simply saying two 'prints', but is there perhaps more specific terminology?
Thanks for your help!
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Ariane Lesnyak
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Proposed translations
Brazil
IT, Film & TV translation and subtitling
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, French to Portuguese, and 1 more.
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Helen Shiner
: And more specifically the impression taken at that point: 1st state impression, 2nd state impression, etc. of the same print
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Exactly, Helen! Thank you for adding more information.
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Anastasia Kalantzi
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Thank you, Anastasia!
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Sakshi Garg
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Thank you, Sakshi!
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Christopher Crockett
: A frequently-used term to identify at what point in the creative process any given exemplar of the print is to be located. Usually (but not always), the later "states" are the more desireable.
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That's true, Christopher, thank you for adding more context.
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Mpoma
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Thank you, Mpoma!
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Discussion
It just happens to be the most common translation of "état", namely "state", but it just could have easily been "draft" or something like that.
I for one had no idea of what the right answer was when I saw the question.
Just a silly idea .. Why would anyone working in an antique shop know more than what you could find on Proz?