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Gargallo conceived The violinist as a wooden figure dressed in a jacket of lead.
Gargallo
prepares a
wooden block
with three
planks
glued.
He carved the form in wooden block.
He covered it with specially shaped sheets of lead, which were nailed into place
He started with the cylindrical base and the trousers. Then he added the face.
He finished by attaching the hair, the hands and the violin, which he soldered on.
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