A woman and her phone — Charcoal on Paper by Arnaud Quercy
Charcoal on Paper, 21.0×29.5cm
Arnaud Quercy, 2022 — France
Modern loneliness made visible through cubist eyes — technology's impact on human connection
Technical Specifications
- Medium: Charcoal on Paper
- Dimensions: 21.0×29.5cm
- Weight:
- Created: 2022, France
- Certificate: 20221231-0062
- SKU: Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0392 / 2022
- ✓ Original artwork, hand-drawn by Arnaud Quercy
- ✓ Certificate of authenticity included
- ✓ Shipping included to the EU and the United States
Shipping included (European Union and United States). EU: price includes VAT. United States: same price, no French VAT (export), import duties included.
Sold and invoiced by Arnaud Quercy, artist (EI, SIRET 521 356 980 00024), who collects the payment. Works presented by Art Quam Anima gallery.
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Arnaud Quercy is a Parisian artist working across painting, music, and sculpture. His practice is grounded in Ideamorphism — the principle that a work of art does not carry meaning, but triggers it. Each piece is engineered to diffract differently through each person who encounters it.
He creates and exhibits at Art Quam Anima, his gallery-atelier at 28 rue du Dragon, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris.
About This Artwork
This work explores the isolation of modern digital existence through contemporary cubist interpretation. Part of the Mediterranean Echoes collection, it examines how technology shapes human solitude and introspection in everyday life.
The composition uses geometric fragmentation to deconstruct the female figure and her device. Gray tones dominate the surface, with darker charcoal areas creating structural definition around the eyes and facial features. The cubist approach breaks the subject into angular planes and overlapping forms, while circular elements suggest the phone's presence. The charcoal medium allows for varied tonal depth, from light sketched lines to dense black accents that anchor the geometric construction.
The drawing measures 21.0 × 29.5 cm on paper support, creating an intimate scale that draws focus to the fragmented portrait. The work carries certificate of authenticity number 20221231-0062 and bears the artist's signature on the front. Created in France in 2022, it demonstrates Quercy's approach to translating contemporary themes through modernist visual language.
Where this work lives
Provenance
- Origin: Arnaud Quercy, Paris, France, 2022
- Series: Portraits
- Collection: Untamed Creations
- Technique: Charcoal
Exhibitions 11
- Transcendence – World Premiere of Ephemera Arts (2023-10-29 → 2023-11-15, Koblenzer Kunstverein e.V., Koblenz)
- Rencontres au Marché de la Création (2024-04-23 → 2024-12-31, Marché de la Création – Paris Montparnasse, Paris)
- Salon d'art contemporain – Metamorphose, Paris (2024-12-26 → 2025-01-05, Halle des Blancs Manteaux, Paris)
- Permanent Collection 2025 – Resonance in Form (2025-01-01 → 2025-12-31, arnaudquercy.art, Paris)
- Paris Studio Visit (2025-02-18 → 2025-02-18, Artist's Studio, Paris)
- Marché d'Art Contemporain – Seine Port (2025-05-17 → 2025-05-17, MAC Seine-Port, Seine-Port)
- Nuit des Artistes, St Germain-en-Laye, France (2025-05-24 → 2025-05-24, La Nuit des Artistes, Saint-Germain-en-Laye)
- Marché de l'Art de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 17ème édition – France (2025-06-14 → 2025-06-14, Marché de l'Art, Saint-Germain-en-Laye)
- Salon d'art contemporain – Metamorphose 2025–2026, Paris (2025-12-26 → 2026-01-04, Halle des Blancs Manteaux, Paris)
- Art Quam Anima – Pre-opening (2026-01-31 → 2026-02-28, Art Quam Anima, Paris)
- Through the Aperture — Research on Harmony (2026-03-09 → 2026-04-30, Art Quam Anima, Paris)
Other works in this series 15
- Selfie on Oak Log — not available
- Ramon, the garden keeper — available
- The old man and his hat — sold
- La professeur de français — available
- The driver of Tram 28, Lisbon — available
- A woman — available
- The girl on the bus — sold · Dallas, USA
- The Douanier Rousseau — not available
- Ramon, the garden keeper - Variation 1 — not available
- Mr Krueger — not available
- A Woman - Variation 1 — not available
- Portrait with cat — not available
- « Gus », the shih tzu — sold · Paris, France
- QUIETNESS — sold · Paris, France
- Dreamer — available
Documented at 1
Thematic Elements 8
Delivery & Handling
Each work is packed by the artist in a crate made for it and shipped by DHL, insured and tracked. Shipping is included to the European Union and the United States (import duties included).
Delivery times:
- France: 2-3 business days
- EU: 3-5 business days
- USA/Canada: 5-7 business days
Tracking provided for all shipments.
Other countries: on quotation, duties and taxes paid.
