Artwork Title: Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve, 1901

Suzanne Valadon

One day in 1909 whilst standing outside her home on rue Cortot she saw André Utter and she invited him in and from this meeting came her painting entitled Adam and Eve, which now hangs in the Musée National d’Art Moderne, at the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris. She posed as Eve whilst Utter posed as Adam. She is fully naked whilst his genitals are hidden from view by carefully placed leaves. Strangely there is no facial interaction between the two figures and although he has his hand on her wrist to try and stop her pulling the apple from the tree, there seems no relationship between man and woman. The painting was exhibited at that year’s Salon d’Automne and what pleased Suzanne more than just its inclusion at the exhibition was the fact that it was hung next to her son’s [Maurice Utrillo] painting entitled Pont Notre Dame. (https://mydailyartdisplay.wordpress.com/tag/suzanne-valadon/)
Uploaded on Sep 29, 2017 by Suzan Hamer

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