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Adam et Eve, 1935–1939

Fernand Léger

On view at K20

Information

Artist

Fernand Léger

1881
Argentan (Normandie), Frankreich

1955
Gif-sur-Yvette (Seine-et-Oise), Frankreich

Work data

Material/Technique

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

Image: 228 × 324,5 cm
Frame: 231,7 × 328 × 4 cm

Signature

Bez. u.r.: "F.LÉGER. 35-39"; verso: "F.LÉGER - 1935-39 - ADAM et EVE"

Accession Number

0155

Catalogue Raisonné

Bauquier 880

Acquisition year

1965

Provenance

The painting “Adam et Eve” by Fernand Léger remained the property of the artist from its creation in 1935/1939 until at least 1950. Carlo Frua de Angeli, with whom it can be traced from 1953, presumably purchased it directly from the artist. Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, a partner in Galerie Louise Leiris, purchased the work from Frua de Angeli in 1964 and immediately offered it for sale again. The Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen purchased the painting “Adam et Eve” from Kahnweiler through Galerie Michael Hertz for its holdings in 1965.

Credit line

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf

Exhibitions
  • Fernand Léger: Retrospective, 1.7.-1.10.1988, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul
  • Fernand Leger, 28.5.-28.9.1997, Musée national d'art moderne, Paris
  • Unser 20. Jahrhundert - Meisterwerke von Picasso bis Beuys, 14.7.-28.10.2000, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
  • museum global. Mikrogeschichten einer ex-zentrischen Moderne/museum global. Microhistories of an Ex-centric Modernism, 9.11.2018-9.3.2019, K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Grabbeplatz
Tags
Figur Klassische Moderne
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