Parisian Thoroughfare — Acrylic on Paper by Arnaud Quercy
Acrylic on Paper, 31.0×41.0cm
Arnaud Quercy, 2022 — France
Where Powell's piano improvisation becomes visible through bold brushstrokes and warm color rhythms.
Technical Specifications
- Medium: Acrylic on Paper
- Dimensions: 31.0×41.0cm
- Weight:
- Created: 2022, France
- Certificate: 20231231-0014
- SKU: Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0427 / 2022
- ✓ Original artwork, hand-painted 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.
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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 acrylic painting translates the rhythmic energy of Bud Powell's 1951 jazz composition "Parisian Thoroughfare" into visual form. Part of the "City of Lights, Shadows of Thoughts" collection, the work explores how musical improvisation can become a language of color and movement on paper.
The composition features bold vertical brushstrokes that create an energetic interplay across the surface. Dark browns and dimgrays form the foundation, occupying substantial areas of the painting, while burlywood and rosy brown tones provide warm counterpoints throughout. Burnt sienna and Indian red accents punctuate the composition with vivid intensity, creating rhythmic patterns that echo Powell's syncopated piano lines. Bright white highlights appear sparingly but strategically, adding sharp contrast points that catch the eye like musical accents.
The painting measures 31.0 × 41.0 cm on paper and weighs minimal for easy display. Certificate of authenticity number 20231231-0014 accompanies the work, with the artist's signature located on the back. This piece demonstrates Quercy's approach to translating jazz improvisation into painterly gesture, where each brushstroke corresponds to musical phrasing and tonal relationships.
Where this work lives
Provenance
- Origin: Arnaud Quercy, Paris, France, 2022
- Series: Jazz Legends
- Collection: Untamed Creations
- Technique: Acrylic
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 11
- Blue Monk Ron Carter — not available
- Elvin Jones, Jazz Machine — not available
- Birth of The Bop - Bud Powell, 1924 -1966 — not available
- The Hands of Scott Lafaro — not available
- Ornithology — not available
- Birks Works — not available
- Nefertiti La Belle est venue — not available
- The Saxophonist — not available
- Charles Mingus — not available
- Bird, Jam Blues - July- 1952 — sold · Paris, France
- BIRD (Charlie Parker) — available
Documented at 2
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.
