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Posted By: davidcycleback

With fine art prints, ala original Rembrandts and Durers, there are what is known as states. A different state is where the original printing plate was changed, for exampling changing or adding details or changing text. The additions were often because the printing plate wore down with time and details had to be put back in. The prints in different states are the equivalent to what card collectors call variations. If you look, you can find an original Rembrandt etching in different states, and even look for the specific changes that were made.

Art historians would say the corrected T206 Magee is in a later state.

Duly note that state refers only to where the same physical printing plate is used. If you copy a graphic and put into onto a different printing plate, that's a different thing.