Bob Dylan, Don't Think Twice, It's Alright, 2006

Lithograph on paper

102.87 x 74.93 cm (40.5 x 29.5 in)

Edition of 495

Hand-signed by the artist

Even as Dylan was beginning, in 1962, to write his powerful socially conscious songs such as ‘Masters Of War’ and ‘Oxford Town’, he was penning equally original and enduring love songs. Foremost among these may be this classic farewell to a lover who has wasted the singer’s ‘precious time’. The lyrics mix bitterness and rue in equal measure, as the singer walks off down the road and out of range. Running underneath the stoic surface, however, are vulnerability and pain that lend the words their deep poignancy.

First album release: The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, 1963