Adam et Eve, 1935–1939
Fernand Léger
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
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