G. Laporte, Watercolor "la Primevere" After Alphons Mucha

G. LAPORTE
La Primevère after Alfons MUCHA
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right G. Laporte after Mucha and dated 1915.
Dimensions: H. 98 cm, W. 45 cm
Dimensions with frame: H. 106 cm, W. 63.5 cm
Original glazed wooden frame.
Slight moisture stains around the edges, small areas of discoloration on the paper in the lower right corner.
€3,000 each or €5,000 for the pair.


This watercolor is the work of a certain G. Laporte. The artist, who is notlisted in any catalog, drew direct inspiration from La Primevère by Alfons Mucha, published between 1897 and 1899 in Paris by the publisher F. Champenois.

Created in 1915, it is therefore virtually contemporary with the lithographby the Czechoslovakian poster artist who died on the eve of World War II.

In a slightly more streamlined version, Laporte adopts all the hallmarks that made Mucha—a major representative of Art Nouveau—so successful: a graceful female figure with flowing hair, adorned with sumptuous and refined jewelry, wearing a halo decorated with filigree, draped in a flowing tunic, and surrounded by stylized floral motifs.