PARIS.- The Maillol Museum is paying homage to Joan Mirós sculpted work. Although the artist is internationally acknowledged, his sculptures have not been exhibited in Paris in nearly 40 years. To mark the occasion the museum has gathered up 101 sculptures, 22 ceramics, 19 works on paper and one painting. The works on display mostly come from the outstanding collection of the Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght. His first ceramics, carried out with Josep Llorens Artigas, are dated 1941. Three years later, Miró created his first bronze sculptures. In 1964, Joan Miró took part in the creation of the Fondation Maeght where he had finally found a place in which to create monumental works. The encounter between Joan Miró and Aimé Maeght proved essential. For the very first time, Mirós sculpture was deliberately linked to both architecture and to nature, an infinite source of inspiration for him: he thus created spe