Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 3 — Watercolor on Paper by Arnaud Quercy
Watercolor on Paper, 16.0×24.0cm
Arnaud Quercy, 2024 — France
Where musical harmony becomes visible color
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 Paris, France, May 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: Bb Major
Part of Synesthetic Explorations · 11 works in this series
Bb Major
About This Artwork
This work translates the Bb Major triad into visual form through chromesthetic mapping, part of the Synesthetic Explorations collection. The composition explores how musical harmony appears when chord tones become color relationships, creating a direct bridge between auditory and visual perception.
Orange tones dominate the surface, with tan and silver hues creating substantial presence across the composition. Violet areas appear throughout, providing harmonic counterpoint to the warm orange family. Blue-green and red-violet accents punctuate the arrangement, adding chromatic complexity to the primary chord structure. The watercolor medium allows colors to blend and layer naturally, creating soft transitions between the mapped harmonic relationships.
The work measures 16.0 × 24.0 cm on paper, with the artist's signature located bottom right. Certificate of authenticity number 20240718-0169 accompanies this piece. The Bb Major chord structure translates to specific color relationships: Bb appears as violet tones, D manifests in orange hues, creating the visual equivalent of this fundamental harmonic progression. The piece belongs to the Synesthetic Explorations collection, which investigates the systematic translation of musical structures into color compositions.
Details & Provenance
Technical Specifications
- Medium: Watercolor on Paper
- Dimensions: 16.0×24.0cm
- Weight:
- Created: 2024, France
- Certificate: 20240718-0169
- SKU: Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0673 / 2024
Gallery Label
Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 3 Watercolor on Paper, 16.0×24.0cm Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0673 / 2024
Materials & Technique
This painting is created using artist-grade watercolor pigments on acid-free, archival paper. Watercolor's transparency creates luminous effects as light passes through the pigment layers to reflect off the white paper beneath.
The work demonstrates careful control of water and pigment to achieve both soft washes and precise details. 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.
