Torso of Chained Action

Aristide Maillol|Alexis Rudier

modeled 1905, cast 1929 · Bronze, green patina · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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.

Artist

Aristide Maillol|Alexis Rudier

Date

modeled 1905, cast 1929

Medium

Bronze, green patina

Culture

French

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1929