One lucky Bob Dylan fan with money to spare is about to score the ultimate piece for his collection.
A rare painting of the folk music legend, whose life is the subject of an upcoming biopic, came up for auction after he created the piece during his Woodstock years, circa 1968, according to RR Auction.
With a starting bid of $66,550, the auction runs through May 23 and is expected to reach six figures.
Another painting from the 82-year-old Dylan’s time recently sold for $100,000 at auction after he gave it to his late manager, Albert Grossman.
The piece up for auction at RR is on a 24.5 x 30″ canvas and features the large silhouette of a bull, filled with abstract animals, musical notes, bow ties, and other shapes.
A rare Bob Dylan painting has come up for auction after he created the piece during his Woodstock years, circa 1968.
With a starting bid of $66,550, the auction runs through May 23 and is expected to reach six figures.
At the top of the painting is a red figure wearing a hat that resembles Dylan’s style from that era.
Dylan gave the painting to Woodstock resident Sandy LePanto in exchange for writing her an astrological chart.
‘Sandy was not only one of the most beautiful women in Woodstock at a time when there were many; “she was a mystic, a channeler, a star reader and creator of astrological charts for her friends,” wrote Anne-Margaret Daniel in current affairs magazine.
Sandy’s friend Shelby Scherman Willer recalled: “Although Dylan is technically a Gemini, he was born in the month of May, so given his early understanding of astrology, my opinion is that he may have thought he was a Taurus, the Bull depicted in the painting.’
The Nobel Prize winner’s autograph is barely visible on the back of the painting, along with scribbles of musical notes.
Although the paint is not varnished and has suffered some wear over the years, as of Sunday it had already received 10 offers.
The piece remained in Sandy’s family over the years and was recently rediscovered as part of her ex-husband Anthony LePanto’s estate.
In addition to his seminal music, Dylan is an established visual artist, showing his work in major art galleries around the world and publishing several books of his paintings and drawings.
The first painting of Dylan to be shown to the public was the cover of The Band’s 1968 album Music from Big Pink.
The piece up for auction at RR is on a 24.5 x 30″ canvas and features the large silhouette of a bull, filled with abstract animals, musical notes, bow ties, and other shapes.
Dylan gave the painting to Woodstock resident Sandy LePanto in exchange for writing her an astrological chart.
The auction comes as Timothée Chalamet plays Dylan while filming the biopic A Complete Unknown in New Jersey.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer also painted the covers of his own albums Self Portrait (1970) and Planet Waves (1974).
The auction comes as Timothée Chalamet plays Dylan while filming the biopic A Complete Unknown in New Jersey.
Based on Elijah Wald’s 2015 book, Dylan Goes Electric!, the film follows Dylan as a 19-year-old arriving in New York City in 1961.
Shedding light on his relationship with his hero Woody Guthrie (Scoot McNairy) and other folk music legends, A Complete Unknown charts his rise to fame and the controversy surrounding his musical shift.
The film also stars Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo, Edward Norton as Pete Seeger and Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash.
Chalamet was cast as Dylan back in 2020, when it was announced that James Mangold would direct Jay Cocks’ script, which he rewrote.
Filming began last month after the COVID-19 pandemic and the SAG-AFTRA strike pushed production into summer 2023.
