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Torso of Chained Action

Founder Cast by Alexis Rudier French
modeled 1905, cast 1929
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Petrie Court Café
The torso is a study for the heroic figure of Chained Action, designed as a monument to Louis-Auguste Blangui (1805–1881), a republican and revolutionary who suffered repeated persecution and imprisonment for his political views under successive French regimes. Maillol received the commission for the monument in 1905 and completed the torso in the same year. The first cast of the full figure now stands in the town of Puget-Théniers, where it was erected in 1908.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Torso of Chained Action
  • Artist: Aristide Maillol (French, Banyuls-sur-Mer 1861–1944 Perpignan)
  • Founder: Cast by Alexis Rudier (French) , Paris
  • Date: modeled 1905, cast 1929
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Bronze, green patina
  • Dimensions: Height: 47 in. (119.4 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1929
  • Object Number: 29.138
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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