Bob Dylan has addressed the “autopen” controversy surrounding his new e book The Philosophy Of Modern Song, in addition to sure “artwork prints.” As a reminder, followers who paid $599 to buy limited-edition “hand-signed” copies of the e book are set to be reimbursed by writer Simon & Schuster, who not too long ago admitted (after some badgering by followers) that Dylan’s “signatures” have been achieved in a “penned replica form.” In an announcement posted to social media, Dylan wrote that he’d been affected by “a bad case of vertigo” since 2019, and it had “continued into the pandemic years.”
Dylan provides that “with contractual deadlines looming, the idea of using an auto-pen was suggested to me, along with the assurance that this kind of thing is done ‘all the time’ in the art and literary worlds” however “using a machine was an error in judgment and I want to rectify it immediately.”
See Dylan’s full assertion beneath.
To my followers and followers,
I’ve been made conscious that there’s some controversy about signatures on a few of my latest art work prints and on a limited-edition of Philosophy Of Modern Song. I’ve hand-signed each artwork print through the years, and there’s by no means been an issue.
However, in 2019 I had a foul case of vertigo and it continued into the pandemic years. It takes a crew of 5 working in shut quarters with me to assist allow these signing periods, and we couldn’t discover a protected and workable technique to full what I wanted to do whereas the virus was raging. So, in the course of the pandemic, it was inconceivable to signal something and the vertigo didn’t assist. With contractual deadlines looming, the concept of utilizing an auto-pen was prompt to me, together with the reassurance that this type of factor is completed ‘all the time’ within the artwork and literary worlds.
Using a machine was an error in judgment and I wish to rectify it instantly. I’m working with Simon & Schuster and my gallery companions to just do that.
With my deepest regrets,
Bob Dylan