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A Liberace denim jacket and pants
1 March 2015, 10:00 PST
Los AngelesSold for US$937.50 inc. premium
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A Liberace denim jacket and pants
Denim jacket with wide lapels and two patch pockets at chest, with beaded and embroidered oil well motif on front and back, bearing a label from Neiman Marcus Trophy Room. Together with a pair of pale denim trousers, size 38, with a label from Faded Glory by Appendagez.
Provenance: Christie's and Butterfield & Butterfield, The Liberace Collection, April 9-12, 1988, lot 963 (partial).
In Liberace's book The Things I Love (NY: 1976), this jacket is pictured twice, and also described: "When the denim craze was at its height ... I bought a beaded, handpainted and jeweled denim jacket in Dallas which had been made from recycled pieces of prisoners' denim. It was decorated with Texas oil wells and even had a hole (for the oil well) in it. Typically, I forgot to ask how much it was. When I was told it cost $595 I had a fit. I complained about the hole, but they said, 'Why? That makes it look really authentic!' Anyway, I bought it" (p. 126).
Provenance: Christie's and Butterfield & Butterfield, The Liberace Collection, April 9-12, 1988, lot 963 (partial).
In Liberace's book The Things I Love (NY: 1976), this jacket is pictured twice, and also described: "When the denim craze was at its height ... I bought a beaded, handpainted and jeweled denim jacket in Dallas which had been made from recycled pieces of prisoners' denim. It was decorated with Texas oil wells and even had a hole (for the oil well) in it. Typically, I forgot to ask how much it was. When I was told it cost $595 I had a fit. I complained about the hole, but they said, 'Why? That makes it look really authentic!' Anyway, I bought it" (p. 126).


















