Ab Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 5 — Acrylic on Paper by Arnaud Quercy
Acrylic on Paper, 10.0×15.0cm
Arnaud Quercy, 2024 — France
Where musical harmony becomes visible — an Ab Major chord you can see
First exhibited at Marché de la Création – Paris Montparnasse, Paris, April 2024 — Rencontres au Marché de la Création.
This work entered a private collection in Maisons-Alfort, France, January 2025.
- ✓ 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: Ab Major
Part of Synesthetic Explorations · 16 works in this series
Ab Major
About This Artwork
This work explores the visual representation of an Ab Major triad through chromesthetic mapping, part of the Synesthetic Explorations collection. The composition translates specific musical pitches into their corresponding color equivalents, creating a direct bridge between auditory and visual perception. The piece examines how harmonic relationships in music can manifest as spatial and chromatic relationships on paper.
Red-orange tones dominate the composition, appearing throughout the surface in varying intensities from deep russet to bright tomato. Gray and blue elements provide structural contrast, with steel gray and light blue creating cooler passages that balance the warm dominance. The arrangement follows a spread voicing pattern, with colors distributed across different registers much like notes across a piano keyboard. Black linear elements define boundaries and create compositional structure, while subtle blue-violet and orange accents appear as small but essential harmonic details.
The work measures 10.0 × 15.0 cm and weighs minimal on paper support, executed in acrylic with precise color application. Certificate of authenticity number 20240615-0141 accompanies the piece, with the artist's signature located at bottom right. The compact format allows for intimate examination of the chromesthetic relationships, where each color zone corresponds to a specific pitch in the Ab Major harmonic series. Created in France in 2024, this variation demonstrates the systematic approach to translating musical harmony into visual form.
Details & Provenance
Technical Specifications
- Medium: Acrylic on Paper
- Dimensions: 10.0×15.0cm
- Weight:
- Created: 2024, France
- Certificate: 20240615-0141
- SKU: Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0645 / 2024
Gallery Label
Ab Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 5 Acrylic on Paper, 10.0×15.0cm Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0645 / 2024
Materials & Technique
This painting is created using professional-grade acrylic paints, known for their vibrant color saturation and excellent lightfastness. Acrylic allows for both thick impasto techniques and thin glazing layers.
The work is executed on paper, primed for optimal paint adhesion and longevity. 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.
