[1] Valadon was in a romantic relationship with the painter André Utter, who was 24 years younger, when she created this painting.

In it she depicts herself, appearing younger than she was at the time, and Utter as Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.

The original canvas showed Utter completely nude, but the artist decided to add the leaves covering his genitals to allow her work to be exhibited at the Salon in 1920.

It is important to notice that they both do not realize they are nude as Suzanne depicts them as Adam has his hand on Eve's wrist begging her to not eat the forbidden fruit.

[2] According to biographer Catherine Hewitt: "The couple, Suzanne confessed, were caught in a timeless paradise and they were both responsible for their sin".