Action in Chains
Sculpture by Aristide Maillol
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Action in Chains is a 1905 bronze sculpture by Aristide Maillol.[1] The original called Monument to Blanqui was commissioned by Louis Auguste Blanqui, and resides at the Puget-Théniers, for which it was originally commissioned.
Secondary casts and related artworks
- Bronze casts (2.15m height) at :
- Musée d'Orsay, displayed since 1964 mat Tuileries Garden as part of a series of works by Maillol on open-air display[2]
- Caracas Museum of Contemporary Art (1906)
- Österreichische Galerie Belvedere
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Hakone Open-Air Museum
- Norton Simon Museum
- Private collection (Sale by Dina Vierny, Christie's, 2005);
- Billy Rose Collection, Israel Museum
copy at Hakone Open-Air Museum
copy at Billy Rose Collection, Israel Museum
copy from private collection, at an art show at Perpignan
- Bronze versions without arms (2.15m height):
- Collection Dina Vierny, Paris;
- Private collection at city of Perpignan, displayed at Banyuls-sur-Mer.
copy from Banyuls-sur-Mer
- Bronze torso:
- Kunstmuseum Basel
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Tate Gallery
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- City of Perpignan;
- Collection Oskar Reinhart, Winterthur;
- Private collection.
copy at Art Institute of Chicago
- Other:
- Bronze study without arms (33 cm height) at Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Charcoal Drawing at Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Plaster cast (2.15 m height) at Musée Maillol
copy at Metropolitan Museum of Art
drawing at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Plaster cast at Musée Maillol
![copy at Metropolitan Museum of Art](#/media/File:Study_for_"Action_in_Chains"_MET_sf1992.209.1.jpg)
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