Leaves added later
The leaves covering the male figure were added after the initial painting. Look at them alongside the two bodies and consider what the alteration changes.
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Adam and Eve
Suzanne Valadon · 1909
painting
Nudity
In its time
1909
Books from this period
Where it hangs
Centre Georges Pompidou
Valadon painted Adam and Eve in 1909, casting herself as Eve and André Utter as Adam. The biblical pair becomes a self-portrait with another person. Read the two bodies in relation to one another before looking at them separately.
Details
Compare the gestures of Eve and Adam, then look at the leaves covering the male figure. Valadon added these after the initial painting. Consider how that change affects the balance between the two bodies.