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The Palace at 4 a.m.
Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966)
1932. Wood, glass, wire, and string.

I think it's been long enough since I last posted how much I love this piece. When I first saw it during my freshman year of art school, I completely lost my mind to it, I loved it so much. I was reminded of it tonight, and started digging around online, where I found this information, which was new to me:

According to Giacometti, The Palace at 4 a.m. 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."

Now that is purely lovely.

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