BIRD (Charlie Parker) — Ceramic on Metal by Arnaud Quercy
Ceramic on Metal, 26.0×45.0×10.0cm
Arnaud Quercy, 2024 — France
Where bebop's angular genius takes permanent ceramic form.
Technical Specifications
- Medium: Ceramic on Metal
- Dimensions: 26.0×45.0×10.0cm
- Weight: 4.0 kg
- Created: 2024, France
- Certificate: 20240514-0074
- SKU: Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0578 / 2024
Display Information: Includes metal display base. Pedestal not included, available on request.
- ✓ Original artwork, handcrafted by Arnaud Quercy
- ✓ Certificate of authenticity included
- ✓ Complimentary delivery within France and the EU
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.
About This Artwork
This ceramic sculpture from the Untamed Creations collection translates Charlie Parker's bebop innovations into geometric form. Quercy transforms the saxophonist's complex harmonic language—tritone substitutions, deceptive resolutions, and interlocking cadences—into physical sculpture. The work explores how musical improvisation can become three-dimensional structure.
The cream-colored ceramic rises from a black metal support in angular, interlocking forms that suggest both bird-like abstraction and architectural complexity. The matte ceramic surface creates subtle variations in light and shadow across the geometric planes. The cubist approach breaks the subject into faceted elements that reconnect in unexpected ways, echoing Parker's approach to harmonic progression.
The sculpture measures twenty-six by forty-five by ten centimeters and weighs approximately four kilograms. Created in France in 2024, the work carries certificate of authenticity number 20240514-0074 with the artist's signature on the bottom. The metal base provides structural support while creating visual contrast with the pale ceramic forms above.
Where this work lives
Provenance
- Origin: Arnaud Quercy, Paris, France, 2024
- Series: Jazz Legends
- Collection: Untamed Creations
- Technique: Ceramic
Exhibitions 10
- Rencontres au Marché de la Création (2024-04-23 → 2024-12-31, Marché de la Création – Paris Montparnasse, Paris)
- Salon d'art contemporain – Metamorphose, Paris (2024-12-26 → 2025-01-05, Halle des Blancs Manteaux, Paris)
- Permanent Collection 2025 – Resonance in Form (2025-01-01 → 2025-12-31, arnaudquercy.art, Paris)
- Paris Studio Visit (2025-02-18 → 2025-02-18, Artist's Studio, Paris)
- Marché d'Art Contemporain – Seine Port (2025-05-17 → 2025-05-17, MAC Seine-Port, Seine-Port)
- Nuit des Artistes, St Germain-en-Laye, France (2025-05-24 → 2025-05-24, La Nuit des Artistes, Saint-Germain-en-Laye)
- Marché de l'Art de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 17ème édition – France (2025-06-14 → 2025-06-14, Marché de l'Art, Saint-Germain-en-Laye)
- Salon d'art contemporain – Metamorphose 2025–2026, Paris (2025-12-26 → 2026-01-04, Halle des Blancs Manteaux, Paris)
- Art Quam Anima – Pre-opening (2026-01-31 → 2026-02-28, Art Quam Anima, Paris)
- Through the Aperture — Research on Harmony (2026-03-09 → 2026-04-30, Art Quam Anima, Paris)
Other works in this series 11
Documented at 8
- Catalogue Raisonné — BIRD (Charlie Parker) — BIRD (Charlie Parker) — Cubist Jazz Homage — Arnaud Quercy (2024)
- Nanopublication — BIRD (Charlie Parker) — Digital Image Documentation - aqc0578_img_full_2487x3731_webp
- Nanopublication — BIRD (Charlie Parker) — Physical Specifications
- Nanopublication — BIRD (Charlie Parker) — Ideamorphic Translation — Bebop Harmonic Complexity → Geometric Interlocking
- Nanopublication — BIRD (Charlie Parker) — Symbolic Fusion — Bird + Saxophone in Cubist Form
- Nanopublication — BIRD (Charlie Parker) — Technical Construction — Internal Chimney Architecture
- Nanopublication — BIRD (Charlie Parker) — Material Fabrication — Terre Blanche, Chamotte, Beeswax
- Nanopublication — BIRD (Charlie Parker) — Personal Tribute — Bebop as Formative Devotion
Thematic Elements 8
Delivery & Handling
Each work is carefully packaged by the artist and shipped fully insured. Complimentary delivery within France and the European Union. Worldwide shipping available upon request.
Delivery times:
- France: 2-3 business days
- EU: 3-5 business days
- USA/Canada: 5-7 business days
- Rest of world: 7-14 business days
Tracking provided for all shipments.
Shipping costs outside France and EU are communicated upon enquiry.
Testimonials
Genuine reactions from collectors and viewers around the world
Gordon A. called it really nice work.
Nadia B. reacted with "wow," calling the piece a masterpiece — she loved the geometric constructions and found it as beautiful as Parker's music itself.
Apollonia S. described the work as fantastic.
Anne-Marie T. thanked the artist for sharing such a beautiful piece, noting how the geometrical simplicity leaves room for the imagination — she felt Charlie Parker himself would be proud of this dedication on the same artistic wavelength.
Jean C. found the work fabulous.
Carla M. reacted warmly, calling it beautiful work.
Slobodanka J. found the sculpture truly beautiful.
Mirta S. said she loved it.
Svjetlana R. praised the sculpture as excellent.
Angela P. found the piece lovely and admirably economical.
Paul D. described the work as beautiful.
Kate J.S. reacted with delight, finding the piece cool.
