Petit presents a modestly scaled square of slate alive with the atmospheric interplay of spray chalk, gouache, and hand-applied chalk, a combination of materials that Tacita Dean has cultivated into one of the most distinctive pictorial languages in contemporary art. The slate ground absorbs and resists mark-making in equal measure, creating a surface where translucent veils of color and denser passages of gouache seem to exist in different registers of time, as though the work has been accumulated rather than composed. At just under thirty-five centimeters square, the piece rewards close, unhurried looking, its intimacy demanding a proximity that larger works often deflect. Dean's chalkboard works occupy a singular position within her broader practice, which ranges across film, drawing, and found materials, all united by a preoccupation with duration, ephemerality, and the physical residue of thought. Slate carries its own historical weight as a material of instruction and erasure, and Dean activates that charge without illustrating it, allowing the medium to speak through texture and tone rather than overt symbolism. The framed dimensions of 40.3 by 41.0 centimeters confirm that this work is conceived as a complete object, the frame completing rather than simply enclosing what the slate begins. Currently offered through Marian Goodman Gallery Los Angeles, Petit represents a compelling point of entry for collectors drawn to works that hold their meanings quietly and accumulate presence over time. The work belongs to a body of slate pieces that have entered significant private and institutional collections internationally, and its small format makes it both accessible in scale and deeply characteristic of Dean's most meditative impulses.