night-time courtyard cleaning

night-time courtyard cleaning

2025

pastel, oil pastel and coloured pencil on paper

50 × 70 cm

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My father looks after the house, sweeping under the midday sun in August. Is it possible to keep a courtyard clean, even if I were to sweep until nightfall? By the time I’d managed to make the ground reflect the moon, the dust and leaves would have settled back into place.