[1] It depicts a room with a mattress where a couple have sexual intercourse with the woman on top of the passive man.

Nerdrum's art from the period 1968–1983 is characterized by everyday realism and left-wing politics.

[2] Liberation was created in this context, where the radical left propounded a sexual revolution as a way to create a socialist utopia by politicizing every aspect of human life, especially sexuality.

Nerdrum made several paintings on the topic of what was considered sexual liberation.

It was exhibited at the Oslo gallery Kunstnerforbundet in 1976 as part of the exhibition Odd Nerdrum Malerier ("Odd Nerdrum Paintings").