In the style of Gustav Klimt

A women's silk kimono in gold and black.

• The Vienna Secession, Gustav Klimt being among one of its most famous artists, was a reaction to the conservative artistic institutions in Vienna at the end of the 19th century, and spread rapidly via media such as catalogs and magazines. These certainly reached Japan, as is evidenced by the Secession’s influence on the Japanese design of the era.
• This beautiful kimono shares both the colors and patterns in Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I from 1907, a detail which is shown here.

Modesto Art Museum, Modesto, California, March 19–April 27, 2014

“Modern Design, Traditional Forms,” Tanabe Gallery, Portland Oregon, December 2019-January 2020