Nadia Léger and Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler. In the background Aimé Maeght, Maurice Thorez, Marcel Cachin, editor of the newspaper L'Humanité. Musée Fernand Léger, Foundation Stone Ceremony, Biot 1957.
Nadia Léger, in a dark fur coat and small hat, presents a ceremonial pickaxe to the art dealer Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler during the foundation stone ceremony for the Musée Fernand Léger in Biot, 1957. In the background, a crowd of onlookers includes gallerist Aimé Maeght, politician Maurice Thorez, and Marcel Cachin, editor of the newspaper *L'Humanité*.
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