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 surface is stable and there is minor surface dirt present. The canvas is unlined. There is minor scuffing at the extreme edges. Faint impressions can be seen from the cross bars and stretcher bars on all sides. There is a spot of paint loss in the sky in the upper right quadrant near the center tree, near the lower left corner, and one near the lower right corner. There are pencil marks in the sky near the right edge. Under UV light inspection there are a few small areas of retouching in the sky in the upper right quadrant. There are carefully applied retouches in the grass around the central cow and in the tree above his head. There is a line of carefully applied retouches going vertically through the central cow around his shoulder. There is some inpainting in areas of the grass at right.