Bonnard/Matisse: Letters Between Friends
Beginning with the "Vive la peinture! [Long live painting!]"  that Matisse writes to Bonnard, this little volume of correspondence  between two artists and friends reveals a common vision about  aesthetics and renders their personal and artistic struggles and  triumphs. The book includes 23 black-and-white illustrations  (including photos taken byHenri  Cartier-Bresson) depicting the artists at work and at home, as  well as facsimiles of their handwritten correspondence--something to  savor in this day of answering machines and electronic mail.