This condition summary has been taken from Magdalena Solano's report.

​Canvas

The painting was removed from its strainer by its owner in order to transport it to the United States from Venezuela.  The canvas is a plain, open weave cotton canvas.

The canvas is in good condition.  There was likely some shrinkage that occurred during transportation that affected the paint layer.  There are some tears in the tacking margin that corresponds to staples or tacks being used to secure the painting to a stretcher or strainer.

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Ground

The canvas was sized and then a coarse ground layer was applied followed by a fine ground layer.

The coarse ground layer had lost adhesion from the sized canvas.  The fine ground layer was in good condition and well adhered to the coarse ground layer.

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Paint

There are four layers of paint.  The first layer is the dark blue paint that was applied evenly overall.  The following three paint layers make up the rest of the painting.  They are opaque and were applied both wet-on-dry and wet-on-wet techniques.

The paint was unstable with losses, cracks, and tenting and was brittle.  Fading had occurred in light sensitive areas, specifically the pink and orange paints.

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Coatings

The painting may have had a natural resin varnish that had been removed while it was in a frame.  No varnish had been reapplied.

There was a layer of surface grime present.