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。

In addition to the catalogue description:
- the full sheet
- printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, with his blindstamp at lower right.
- the colours bright and unattenuated.
- the matte black background with rubbing in several places (as is common with this print), including: a 10 cm. vertical rubbing mark to the right of Lenin's forehead; a 3 cm. rubbing mark below his left earlobe; a 8 cm. rubbing mark to the right of the tip of the beard; rubbing above and below the signature; and to the sheet corners.
- toning visible in the unprinted areas at the extreme lower sheet edge.
- backboard staining verso.
- several old paper and cloth hinges on all four sides verso.
Otherwise as described and generally in good condition.