拍品的狀況可能存在極大差異，而由於其性質使然，拍品難以處於完美無瑕的狀態。拍品均以拍賣時的狀況出售。

The work is structurally sound. All elements adhere well to the underlying support. There is surface dirt in places, most notably in the white strip. There are some pinpoint sized brown accretions in places. There is some wear and rubbing to the extreme edges and corners, most notably to the right edge and corners. There is a perforation, with some associated cracks in the lower area of the white stripe. There is a circular crack in the lower area of the yellow stripe. There are some craquelures in the lower centre area. There are some soft abrasions visible in the lower area of the black stripe.