Dylan, Bob. (b. 1941). Enormous Signed Photograph to his Manager.
Large, framed color photograph, the full original version of the image used as the basis for the cover of the 1978 album Street Legal (Columbia, 1978), signed in black ink across photograph and mat, "To Jerry / My Favorite / Manager / Best Wishes, Bob Dylan." Framed: 31.25 x 26 x 1.5 in; 79.38 x 66.04 x 3.81 cm. Very fine.
This is the largest signed photograph of Bob Dylan we have encountered. Two slightly smaller limited edition signed photographs were sold at auction for $21k and $22k in 2025.
The inscription and provenance are significant. Jerry Weintraub was a major force in the entertainment industry for 45 years until his death in 2015. More recently remembered for his astonishing career as a film and television producer, he first achieved great success as a concert promoter and artist manager. Essentially starting the model of national touring, in 1970 he promoted the first national concert tour by the King, Elvis Presley. He also worked with such major artists as John Denver, Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, The Carpenters, The Beach Boys, and Bob Dylan.
Bob Dylan signed with Weintraub in 1978 after watching a Neil Diamond concert in Las Vegas, knowing that Weintraub managed the impressive event. He began a world tour beginning in Japan which continued through Europe and the U.S., in total performing 114 shows in front of two million people. Biographer David Morrell writes, "We take this for granted now, but Weintraub's ability to organize these massive concerts made show-business history."
Street-Legal is the eighteenth studio album by Bob Dylan, released on June 15, 1978 by Columbia Records. The album was a serious musical departure for Dylan, who uses a large pop-rock band—complete with female backing vocalists—for the first time.
Dylan, Bob. (b. 1941). Enormous Signed Photograph to his Manager.
Large, framed color photograph, the full original version of the image used as the basis for the cover of the 1978 album Street Legal (Columbia, 1978), signed in black ink across photograph and mat, "To Jerry / My Favorite / Manager / Best Wishes, Bob Dylan." Framed: 31.25 x 26 x 1.5 in; 79.38 x 66.04 x 3.81 cm. Very fine.
This is the largest signed photograph of Bob Dylan we have encountered. Two slightly smaller limited edition signed photographs were sold at auction for $21k and $22k in 2025.
The inscription and provenance are significant. Jerry Weintraub was a major force in the entertainment industry for 45 years until his death in 2015. More recently remembered for his astonishing career as a film and television producer, he first achieved great success as a concert promoter and artist manager. Essentially starting the model of national touring, in 1970 he promoted the first national concert tour by the King, Elvis Presley. He also worked with such major artists as John Denver, Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, The Carpenters, The Beach Boys, and Bob Dylan.
Bob Dylan signed with Weintraub in 1978 after watching a Neil Diamond concert in Las Vegas, knowing that Weintraub managed the impressive event. He began a world tour beginning in Japan which continued through Europe and the U.S., in total performing 114 shows in front of two million people. Biographer David Morrell writes, "We take this for granted now, but Weintraub's ability to organize these massive concerts made show-business history."
Street-Legal is the eighteenth studio album by Bob Dylan, released on June 15, 1978 by Columbia Records. The album was a serious musical departure for Dylan, who uses a large pop-rock band—complete with female backing vocalists—for the first time.