Signé; Jacques Hérold / Michel Bulteau - L’Aiguille de diamant de l’anéantissement [1/150 avec une eau-forte originale] - 1980

Original edition of this collection of texts by Michel Bulteau, published in 1980 by Le Soleil noir. It is adorned with a frontispiece and four full-page illustrations by Jacques Hérold.

Limited edition of 1,707 copies. This one, one of 150 on Arches vellum; featuring a beautiful color etching by Jacques Hérold, printed on Rives vellum, signed by the artist and hand-numbered 53/150.

Paperback, under a cover of black Ingres paper with illustrated flaps and gold leaf decoration of the artist's composition, in a cardboard case. In very good condition, the case shows some signs of dirt, with a few discreet marks also on the covers. Interior impeccable.

Michel Bulteau, born on October 8, 1949, in Arcueil, is a French poet, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. In 1976, he moved to New York, where he connected with the writers of the Beat Generation, pop painters, and punk musicians. According to William S. Burroughs, he remains an 'explorer of still-virgin psychic regions.'
He was one of the first writers to introduce Michel Houellebecq, particularly his poetry in the late 1980s. In 1989, he founded and directed the collection 'Les Infréquentables' at Éditions du Rocher.

Jacques Hérold, pseudonym of Herold Blumerest, was a French-Romanian painter, sculptor, and illustrator associated with the surrealist movement. He was born in Piatra Neamț (in Neamț County, in the province of Moldavia, Romania) on October 10, 1910, and died in Paris on January 11, 1987.

Michel Bulteau; illustrations by Jacques Hérold
The diamond needle of annihilation
Paris, Le Soleil noir, 1980. In-12 19.5 x 14.5 cm. Paperback, black cover with flaps, 85 pages.