This original edition of L'Extrême – Occidentale has been published in 125 copies, 20 copies on Japanese paper, numbered from 1 to 20; 80 copies on Arches paper, numbered from 21 to 100, and 25 not for sale copies on Arches paper, numbered from I to XXV, intended for collaborators. All copies are signed by the author and each engraving bears the signature of the artist. This work was completed printing on January 14, 1961, at the Fequet and Baudier presses, in Paris, for Editions Meyer, Lausanne. The etchings were print in the workshop of Georges Visat, in Paris.

Luca Gherasim was a Romanian-French artist and poet. He was a theoretician of Surrealism and in his time spent in Romania, Gherasim was a young member of the Avant-Garde movement and a prominent member of the Alge group (1930, 1933). During the second wave of Surrealism, he joined an artistic group that included Gellu Naum, Victor Brauner and Jacque Herold, three of the most important artists of the Avant-Garde movement. 

Luca was known for his contributions to the modern art movement in Romania and was widely regarded as one of the country’s most influential artists of the 20th century. He is remembered as a pioneering artist who pushed the boundaries of traditional art forms and whose works continue to inspire artists today.