| The Palace at 4 a.m. | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Alberto Giacometti |
| Year | 1932 |
| Catalogue | 80928 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Dimensions | 63.5 cm × 71.8 cm × 40 cm (25.0 in × 28.3 in × 16 in) |
| Location | Museum of Modern Art, New York City |
| Owner | Museum of Modern Art |
| Accession | 90.1936 |
The Palace at 4 a.m. (French: Le palais à quatre heures du matin) 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]
- ^ Lord, James (1997). Giacometti: A Biography. Macmillan, ISBN 9780374525255
- ^ Krauss, Rosalind E. (1981). Passages in Modern Sculpture. MIT Press, ISBN 9780262610339