Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (2018) | Bob Dylan

Knocking' On Heaven's Door (2018), a hand signed limited edition print by the legendary Bob Dylan from the debut Mondo Scripto collection.

The Mondo Scripto collection features a selection of Bob Dylan’s most renowned lyrics, handwritten by him in pen on paper and accompanied by an original pencil drawing - offering for the first time ever a visual representation of his lyrics.

From the soundtrack for the 1973 film Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, directed by Sam Peckinpah, this has become one of Dylan’s best-known songs. The singer has a small acting role in the movie, alongside Kris Kristofferson and James Coburn; the verses are the final words of a lawman who wants his badge of authority removed and his guns buried. It was written, perhaps coincidentally, during a time when the author was doing his best to shed the mantle of ‘conscience of a generation’ which had become an intolerable and distorting burden, as described vividly in his memoir, Chronicles, Volume 1.

First album release: Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, 1973