Krassesfit: Gustav Klimt’s Painting Smock

Speaking of sick artist fits from upper Fifth Avenue museums:

an indigo linen smock with deep pleats around the round collar, and white embroidery on each shoulder, here with the sleeves outstretched to present its magnificence, a replica of gustav klimt's painting smock sold by the neue galerie

The Neue Galerie offers a replica of Gustav Klimt’s artist smock in indigo linen with hand-embroidered epaulets, based on Moriz Nähr’s iconic 1911 photo of the artist and his cat, Katze:

moriz nähr's black and white photo of gustav klimt with his messy combover, slightly disheveled beard, and an absolutely sick full length smock that makes him look like the statue of liberty, except he's holding a black and white cat as he stands in a vienna courtyard

Klimt pic via @neilmatheson66; Neue Galerie pic via @chrissantamaria

[few days later update] Holy moley, Klimt really was That Guy In The Blue Smock, and in 1913 Egon Schiele was there:

a black sharp pencil and two-blue gouache drawing by egon schiele of the barest outline of gustav klimt in his blue painting smock. in two shades of blue, gesturing with long spindly fingers like he's levitating two sardines i don't know what this is about, but klimt's face is uncanny in its resemblance his thinning curly hair is like stretched out steel wool, an incredible work from 1913
Egon Schiele, Klimt im blauen Malerkittle, 1913, pencil & gouache, 48 x 32 cm, via @topcatt77 via @thelegendaryhitchhiker

Looking for the story on this Schiele portrait, it turns out Klimt’s friend/partner/muse Emilie Flöge operated a couture shop in Vienna that promoted the Reformkleidung, Reform Dress, a loose, flowing, and liberating fashion refutation of Edwardian-era corset-based dresses.

Gustav Klimt in his painting smock & Emilie Flöge in her Reform Dress, c. 1909, photo: Heinrich Böhler, via Klimt: Sonderausgabe