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 24 Feb 1957.
Nadia Léger, elegant in a dark fur coat and stylish hat, presents a small pickaxe to art dealer Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler during the foundation stone ceremony for the Musée Fernand Léger in Biot, 24 February 1957. Before them rests the large, rough-hewn cornerstone. Among the smiling onlookers in the background are gallerist Aimé Maeght, politician Maurice Thorez, and Marcel Cachin, editor of the newspaper *L'Humanité*.
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