Little Italy, Lower Manhattan (2016)
Little Italy, Lower Manhattan (2016)
Signed Print
Bob Dylan
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86 x 61cm, Edition of 295, Giclée print
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Bob Dylan's 2016 Little Italy, Lower Manhattan, a signed giclée print from an edition of 295, captures the vibrant street life of this historic New York neighbourhood through his characteristic soft watercolour style. Part of Dylan's The Beaten Path series, the work depicts the classic streetside dining tables of New York’s Italian restaurants, in keeping with his philosophy of documenting the parts of America that are often ignored through authentic urban experiences.
Little Italy, Lower Manhattan: a bustling streetscape rich with cultural authenticity, featuring characteristic red and white checkered tablecloths, “Ristorante” signage, and architecture that immediately identifies the neighbourhood's Italian-American heritage. Dylan's The Beaten Path series demonstrates a stylistic change after his earlier Drawn Blank series, showing influences from French Impressionism through his use of unmixed colours that allow each hue to be appreciated in its own right. Little Italy as a neighbourhood held significance in Dylan’s music as well as his art. His 1975 song Joey references the neighbourhood in its narrative about urban immigrant communities.
Dylan understood that the understanding of such neighbourhoods is integral to an authentic American experience rather than tourist curiosities and landmarks. Like Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Dylan's brushwork creates bold shapes with slightly blurred outlines, evoking the transience of life on New York’s streets while maintaining the contemplative, documentary quality that defines The Beaten Path collection's exploration of America's cultural diversity.