Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper, mounted on vélin d'Arches supporting sheet, as issued. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Paper Size: 12 x 8.5 inches. Excellent condition. Notes: From the album, Correspondences Pierre Bonnard, 1944. Published by Éditions de la Revue Verve, Paris; under the direction of Tériade, éditeur, Paris; printed by Draeger Frères, Paris, August 1944. Excerpted from the album (translated from French), This album, composed entirely by Pierre Bonnard, contains letters of youth, specially illustrated by the artist of drawings with pen and pencil. It was printed: C examples on vélin d'Arches made especially for the album, numbered from I to M the first XXXV examples with a suite on Chine and XXV non-commercial examples numbered from I to XXV. PIERRE BONNARD (1867-1947) was a French painter, illustrator and printmaker, known especially for the stylized decorative qualities of his paintings and his bold use of color. A founding member of the Post-Impressionist group of avant-garde painters Les Nabis, his early work was strongly influenced by the work of Paul Gauguin, as well as the prints of Hokusai and other Japanese artists. Bonnard was a leading figure in the transition from Impressionism to Modernism. He painted landscapes, urban scenes, portraits and intimate domestic scenes, where the backgrounds, colors and painting style usually took precedence over the subject. A friend and inspiration to Matisse and a rival to Picasso, Bonnard ranks amongst the top tier of artists of the twentieth century.