The lady at the café, Paris — Gouache on Paper by Arnaud Quercy
Gouache on Paper, 21.0×30.0cm
Arnaud Quercy, 2023 — France
Where café conversations become color — Paris transformed into pure expression
First exhibited at Koblenzer Kunstverein e.V., Koblenz, October 2023 — Transcendence – World Premiere of Ephemera Arts.
This work entered a private collection in Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 2024.
- ✓ Original artwork, hand-painted 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: Flâneries Parisiennes
Part of City of Lights, Shadows of Thoughts · 8 works in this series
Eight works, four years, four media. Flâneries Parisiennes moves through the streets, cafés, and stone-work of Paris not as documentation but as a series of translated encounters — each medium chosen for what it can hold: the weight of a neighborhood, the warmth of a café, the mineral quiet of a craftsman's hands.
About This Artwork
This expressive gouache painting explores the essence of Parisian café culture through bold abstraction and vibrant color relationships. Part of the "City of Lights, Shadows of Thoughts" collection, the work captures the energy and intimacy of urban social spaces through fragmented forms and gestural marks. Quercy transforms the familiar scene of a café patron into a dynamic composition that emphasizes emotional presence over literal representation.
Orange tones dominate the composition, creating warmth that fills most areas of the surface. Deep burgundy and chocolate browns provide substantial presence throughout the middle ground, while dark gray-violet forms anchor the composition with strong vertical and horizontal elements. Yellow-green accents appear in strategic locations, offering chromatic contrast against the warm palette. The gouache medium allows for both transparent washes and opaque passages, creating varied surface textures that enhance the work's expressive quality.
The painting measures 21 × 30 cm and weighs minimal amounts appropriate for paper support. Created in 2023, this work represents Quercy's contemporary approach to figurative abstraction within the French artistic tradition. The piece carries certificate of authenticity number 20231231-0004 and bears the artist's signature on the back. The work was sold in September 2024 to a private collector in São Paulo, Brazil, demonstrating its international appeal and the artist's growing recognition in global art markets.
Details & Provenance
Technical Specifications
- Medium: Gouache on Paper
- Dimensions: 21.0×30.0cm
- Weight:
- Created: 2023, France
- Certificate: 20231231-0004
- SKU: Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0417 / 2023
Gallery Label
The lady at the café, Paris Gouache on Paper, 21.0×30.0cm Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0417 / 2023
Materials & Technique
This painting is created using gouache techniques on paper, with attention to color, composition, and archival quality.
Each piece is signed by the artist and includes a certificate of authenticity with unique registration number.
Provenance
This work is held in a private collection. Provenance and exhibition history are maintained in the gallery archives.
