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"The matronly Venus de Milo, replicated, ... had long been an element in Dali's personal mythology. It was the first female figure he had ever modelled in clay, ... For a young lad, the Venus was the peak of erotic attraction; and Dali, as we have seen, was partial to the female anatomy." Robert Descharnes and Gilles Néret on The Hallucinogenic Toreador, Dali The Paintings.
"The matronly Venus de Milo, replicated, ... had long been an element in Dali's personal mythology. It was the first female figure he had ever modelled in clay, ... For a young lad, the Venus was the peak of erotic attraction; and Dali, as we have seen, was partial to the female anatomy." Robert Descharnes and Gilles Néret on The Hallucinogenic Toreador, Dali The Paintings.