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。

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.