拍品的状况可能存在极大差异，而由于其性质使然，拍品难以处于完美无瑕的状态。拍品均以拍卖时的状况出售。

The work has not been examined outside of its frame. The sheet is hinged to the backing board intermittently along the upper and lower edges and undulates slightly. Two artist's pinholes are to the upper right and left corner tips, and the edges of the sheet are deckled. Handling marks, soft creases, and tiny fibrous accretions are occasional, all in keeping with the artist's choice of medium and working method. A faint linear abrasion is to a black charcoal passage in the upper left quadrant. There is no apparent inpainting visible under ultraviolet light.