Modernist Gouache Painting on Paper of Woman in Bedroom early school slate and seeming just the right

and seeming just the right complement to the grid of simple division math problems below

I think better suited for display than use

all to the good I think in this case

but now they are just as is

So much love someone put into making this thing

Modernist Gouache Painting on Paper of Woman in Bedroom early school slate and seeming just the rightThis 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