Ab Major - Research on Harmony — Acrylic on Paper by Arnaud Quercy
Acrylic on Paper, 16.0×21.0cm
Arnaud Quercy, 2024 — France
Where piano 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 USA, August 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 translation of an Ab Major triad through chromesthetic mapping, part of the Synesthetic Explorations collection. The painting renders the chord's fundamental tones — Ab, C, and Eb — into their corresponding color equivalents, creating a compact study in harmonic visualization. The piece functions as both musical analysis and color theory investigation, examining how tonal relationships translate across sensory modalities.
Gray tones dominate the composition, establishing the Ab root note through dusty mauve that fills most areas. Red-orange and orange sections create substantial presence through rosybrown and tan colors, representing the chord's third and fifth intervals. Red-violet areas provide darker contrast in the lower register, while bright yellow-orange and yellow-green accents appear as wheat and seagreen tones, adding harmonic complexity to the basic triad structure.
The acrylic on paper measures 16.0 × 21.0 cm and belongs to the Synesthetic Explorations collection, examining relationships between musical harmony and visual color. Certificate of authenticity number 20240602-0102 accompanies the work, with the artist's signature located on the front right. The piece demonstrates Quercy's systematic approach to translating musical structures into visual form, using chromesthetic principles to make auditory relationships visible through paint.
Details & Provenance
Technical Specifications
- Medium: Acrylic on Paper
- Dimensions: 16.0×21.0cm
- Weight:
- Created: 2024, France
- Certificate: 20240602-0102
- SKU: Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0606 / 2024
Gallery Label
Ab Major - Research on Harmony Acrylic on Paper, 16.0×21.0cm Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0606 / 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.
