Charlie Parker — Sand on Beach by Arnaud Quercy
Sand on Beach, 120.0×150.0×10.0cm
Arnaud Quercy, 2022 — Spain
Jazz legend preserved in sand—beauty that lives only in the moment.
Display Information: Base/pedestal not included. Available on request.
- ✓ Original artwork, handcrafted by Arnaud Quercy
- ✓ Certificate of authenticity included
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.
Series: Ephemeral Sand Sculptures
Part of Untamed Creations · 5 works in this series
Ephemeral Sand Sculptures
About This Artwork
This sand bas-relief honors jazz legend Charlie Parker through an abstract bird form sculpted directly into Salou Beach, Spain. Working within the tradition of ephemeral art, Quercy shaped beach sand into a tribute that references Parker's famous nickname "Bird," translating the musician's improvisational energy into angular geometric planes. The work belongs to the Untamed Creations collection, which explores materials that resist traditional sculptural permanence.
The composition presents a stylized bird through geometric abstraction, with sharp angular forms creating wings and body that suggest dynamic motion. Warm earth tones dominate the surface, ranging from deep brown in shadowed recesses to lighter tan in raised relief areas. The natural color variations of beach sand produce a cohesive palette that shifts subtly across the sculptural surface. At monumental scale measuring one hundred fifty by one hundred twenty centimeters with ten centimeters depth, the work commands substantial presence on the beach surface.
The work existed only briefly during August 2022 before tide, wind, and footsteps erased it. The impermanence formed part of the work's meaning, demonstrating beauty most alive when it cannot last. As part of the Untamed Creations collection, this piece exemplifies how ephemeral sculpture can achieve lasting presence through photographic documentation rather than physical survival. The beach setting provided both canvas and eventual destroyer, making the environment integral to the work's concept.
Certificate of authenticity number 20221231-0048 documents this temporary creation, preserving what the tide dissolved through official record and photographic preservation.
Details & Provenance
Technical Specifications
- Medium: Sand on Beach
- Dimensions: 120.0×150.0×10.0cm
- Weight:
- Created: 2022, Spain
- Certificate: 20221231-0048
- SKU: Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0378 / 2022
Gallery Label
Charlie Parker Sand on Beach, 120.0×150.0×10.0cm Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0378 / 2022
Materials & Technique
This ephemeral sand sculpture is created directly on the beach using natural sand and water. The work exists in harmony with its environment and is designed to be experienced in situ before returning to nature.
Documentation is provided through professional photography. Each sand artwork is documented and includes a certificate of authenticity with unique registration number.
Collection Notice
This work is part of the artist's permanent collection and is not available for acquisition.
