THE BUTTERFLY SUITE
DALI, Salvador.
Normandie. French Railways.
France, Draeger for SNCF, 1970.
62 x 99 cm, lithographed poster in full colour, pinholes in corners, small loss to blank foreedge, A-. £200
Mont Saint-Michel meets stone circles, butterflies and surrealist heads in this promotional SNCF poster for train travel in Normandy.
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