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。

This work has not been examined unframed. The canvas is slightly slack. Minor wear and handling marks are to the unpainted passages, most likely in keeping with the artist's working method. A faint abrasion is occasional to the lower edge. A few tiny losses are to some impasto peaks. Visible under very close inspection, a faint drip accretion is to the center lower edge. Drying cracks are to the lower right quadrant in a light brown painted passage near the left ear area of the dog. There is no apparent inpainting visible under ultraviolet light.