Blonde in Blue with Telephone, 1930s Naive Watercolor Drawing antique portrait painting it could be worse

it could be worse

deck to insert them into

little dog with stick legs on leash beside him trying hard to keep up

as likely know by now

framed side by side

Blonde in Blue with Telephone, 1930s Naive Watercolor Drawing antique portrait painting it could be worseWhat a face, and what a perfect head a'tilt, eyebrow raised expression as she holds her pale blue telephone with one red nailed hand over the receiver as if to ask, as she looks directly at us, 'how shall I respond to this one?' I take her for a hotel concierge or bellhop, c. 1940s, and it seems perhaps the watercolor was based on a still from a movie? Whether drawn from a film or not, it's got a distinct Hitchcock ian vibe to me, with that wallpaper