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The Palace at 4 a.m.
ArtistAlberto Giacometti
Year1932 (1932)
TypeSculpture
Dimensions63.5 cm × 71.8 cm (25.0 in × 28.3 in)
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
OwnerMuseum of Modern Art

The Palace at 4 a.m. is a 1932 surrealist sculpture by Alberto Giacometti. It is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.[1]

Giacometti said the work relates to "a period of six months passed in the presence of a woman who, concentrating all life in herself, transported my every moment into a state of enchantment. We constructed a fantastical palace in the night—a very fragile palace of matches. At the least false movement a whole section would collapse. We always began it again."[2]

References

  1. ^ Lord, James (1997). Giacometti: A Biography. Macmillan, ISBN 9780374525255
  2. ^ Krauss, Rosalind E. (1981). Passages in Modern Sculpture. MIT Press, ISBN 9780262610339
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