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25 years on this beautiful original painting has been dusted off and brought back to life by Chris Grosz and is proudly published for the first time with all the Tour dates & venues. Bob Dylan, the most influential Artist of our time and that special moment in Australian Rock Graphic Art, are finally reunited.
Chris Grosz had done some very prestigious graphic artwork in Australia since crossing from his native New Zealand in the early 70s. His portfolio already included Tour posters for such memorable Australian tours as Frank Zappa, Tom Waits, Ry Cooder & Elvis Costello. That he should be commissioned by an aspiring promoter to come up with a Poster for Bob Dylan's 1978 Far East Tour of Australia and New Zealand came as no surprise though it was indeed a great honour for this talented young Kiwi. The sense of history in the making was not lost on Chris as he set about creating a fully painted, poster design in acrylics on canvas. This was after all an opportunity to pay homage to the original song and dance man, the greatest poet of our time and no doubt the soundtrack to this work would have ranged from 'Blonde on blonde' through to 'Blood on the tracks' and 'Desire' the most recent Dylan masterpieces then available on glorious vinyl. The Far East leg of the World Tour made its way DownUnder triumphantly from Japan where the legendary live at Budokan album had been recorded and Bob Dylan backed by a full band, replete with a saxophonist, and three female back up singers touched down in Auckland on March 9th for the first gig of this ground breaking tour. 25 years on this beautiful original painting has been dusted off and brought back to life by Chris Grosz and is proudly published for the first time with all the Tour dates & venues. Bob Dylan, the most influential Artist of our time and that special moment in Australian Rock Graphic Art, are finally reunited as intended.

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