E Major - Research on Harmony — Acrylic on Paper by Arnaud Quercy
Acrylic on Paper, 21.0×30.0cm
Arnaud Quercy, 2024 — France
Where music becomes visible — the E Major chord translated into color
First exhibited at Marché de la Création – Paris Montparnasse, Paris, April 2024 — Rencontres au Marché de la Création.
- ✓ 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: E Major
Part of Synesthetic Explorations · 12 works in this series
E Major
About This Artwork
Quercy explores the visual translation of musical harmony in this work from the Synesthetic Explorations collection. The piece presents the E Major triad through chromesthetic mapping, where each note finds its corresponding color value. The composition investigates how harmonic relationships in music can create spatial relationships in painting.
Blue-violet tones dominate the composition, appearing in multiple variations that occupy most of the painted surface. Golden yellow provides strong contrast through geometric forms, while yellow-green creates connecting passages between the primary color areas. The acrylic paint creates clean edges and flat color planes, with black linear elements defining boundaries between color zones. Small accent colors in orange, violet, and pale tones appear as precise details within the larger color structure.
The work measures 21.0 × 30.0 cm on paper and carries certificate of authenticity number 20240602-0087. The artist's signature appears on the front right. This piece represents a direct translation of the E Major chord structure into visual form, with the resolved voicing showing notes D3, Ab3, E4, Ab4, Bb4, B4, Ab6, and Ab7 mapped to their corresponding chromesthetic colors. The compact format allows the harmonic relationships to read as a unified composition while maintaining the distinct identity of each tonal element.
Details & Provenance
Technical Specifications
- Medium: Acrylic on Paper
- Dimensions: 21.0×30.0cm
- Weight:
- Created: 2024, France
- Certificate: 20240602-0087
- SKU: Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0591 / 2024
Gallery Label
E Major - Research on Harmony Acrylic on Paper, 21.0×30.0cm Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0591 / 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.
