MICHAEL JACKSON 

This jacket dates back to the period of Michael Jackson’s Bad tour, the artist’s first solo world tour, which took place between September 1987 and January 1989. Dominic Lucero, a young dancer recruited for the tour, toured with Michael Jackson from 1987 to 1989, which logically places the gift of the jacket during the rehearsals or the early dates of the Bad World Tour.

The link to this period is based on the testimony of Dominic Lucero, who states that he received the jacket from Michael Jackson during rehearsals whilst working as a dancer on the Bad tour, and signed a letter of provenance in 1991. Dominic Lucero died prematurely in 1994 from lymphatic cancer, aged 26, which gives his 1991 letter particular documentary value, that of a contemporary account of the events written by the protagonist himself.

Contemporary photographs show the artist wearing a red and white jacket of a similar style, but certain differences in cut and detail (notably in the pockets but also in the armholes) lead us to regard these images as contextual iconographic references rather than definitive photographic matches for this particular item.

Subsequently, the collector David O’Connell acquired the jacket and documented its provenance in a letter dated 2016.

The red and white college-style jacket bears a clear and legible autograph by Michael Jackson in black felt-tip pen on the chest.