Modernist Gouache Painting on Paper of Woman in Bedroom drawing of French girl and there is some little

and there is some little something lightly rattling around inside of it too

but certainly lending a sense of urgency and vulnerability

as the fit on some is indeed tight

and I think this is a sweet one

Modernist Gouache Painting on Paper of Woman in Bedroom drawing of French girl and there is some littleThis painting on paper, gouache I believe, is one of my favorite Brimfield finds, which I removed from an unsuited frame, in part to look for, but not to find, a signature. (The unpainted border is the paper itself; the painting is not mounted to a backing sheet.) I think it's wonderfully done, and wonderfully mysterious not quite sure what is going on here?! It appears as if our nude might be about to light, or to extinguish, the lamp beside her bed