Nadia Léger, behind her Aimé Maeght, Maurice Thorez, Marcel Cachin, editor of the newspaper L'Humanité. Musée Fernand Léger, Foundation Stone Ceremony, Biot 24 Feb 1957. - Photo by Edward Quinn

Nadia Léger, behind her Aimé Maeght, Maurice Thorez, Marcel Cachin, editor of the newspaper L'Humanité. Musée Fernand Léger, Foundation Stone Ceremony, Biot 24 Feb 1957.

At the foundation stone ceremony for the Musée Fernand Léger in Biot, 24 February 1957, a smiling Nadia Léger, dressed in a dark fur coat and hat, strikes the first block with a small hammer. Observing the event behind her are art dealer Aimé Maeght, politician Maurice Thorez, and Marcel Cachin, editor of the newspaper *L'Humanité*, amid a crowd of onlookers in formal overcoats.


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