Modernist Gouache Painting on Paper of Woman in Bedroom drawing of French girl This piece is in overall

This piece is in overall good antique condition

And dreamed of the long dim hair

which of course to my mind invites all sorts of imaginings about the nature of the shaking

and mother with child looking rather like a skunk in its snowsuit

Modernist Gouache Painting on Paper of Woman in Bedroom drawing of French girl This piece is in overallThis 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