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Maillol and drawing 

Drawing was key to Maillol's work, as he distilled in it the process of invention, memory and the study of his model. Maillol was a prolific draughtsman and would never go anywhere without his sketchpads, in which he accumulated studies, sketches and outlines.

The idea for a sculpture almost always emerged from his imagination, since he never contemplated slavishly copying from nature, in other words, from a model. Gifted with an exceptional visual memory, Maillol executed each sculpture from a considerable number of drawings.

Conec tres flors divines, 1938
Sanguina i llapis negre sobre paper de tina, 23 x 31 cm
Fondation Dina Vierny-Musée Maillol, Paris