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13.19: Giacometti, The Palace at 4 a.m.

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    Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker provide a description, historical perspective, and analysis of Alberto Giacometti’s Palace at 4am.

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    The link to this video is provided at the bottom of this page.

    Alberto Giacometti, Palace at 4am, 1932, wood, glass, wire and string, (MoMA).

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    • Giacometti's The Palace at 4am. Authored by: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris. Located at: www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/art-between-wars/surrealism1/v/giacometti-palace-at-4am-1932. License: CC BY-NC-SA: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

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