A minor - Research on Harmony - Variation 9 — Watercolor on Paper by Arnaud Quercy
Watercolor on Paper, 10.0×15.0cm
Arnaud Quercy, 2025 — France
Where musical harmony becomes visible through color
First exhibited at arnaudquercy.art, Paris, January 2025 — Permanent Collection 2025 – Resonance in Form.
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: A minor
Part of Synesthetic Explorations · 14 works in this series
A minor
About This Artwork
This work explores the visual translation of the A minor triad through chromesthetic mapping, part of the Synesthetic Explorations collection. The composition investigates how musical harmony appears when rendered through color relationships, creating a direct correspondence between auditory and visual experience.
Orange tones dominate the surface, appearing in multiple variations from warm salmon to deeper terra cotta hues. White areas provide substantial contrast throughout the composition, while yellow-orange regions create transitional passages between the primary color zones. Small blue and blue-violet accents punctuate specific areas, adding chromatic complexity to the predominantly warm palette. The watercolor technique allows colors to flow and blend naturally, creating soft edges and organic transitions between distinct color regions.
The work measures 10.0 × 15.0 cm on paper, signed at bottom right. This piece carries certificate of authenticity number 20250125-0040 and represents one variation within the artist's systematic exploration of musical-visual correspondence. The compact format concentrates the harmonic relationships into an intimate viewing experience, where each color zone corresponds to specific pitches within the A minor chord structure.
Details & Provenance
Technical Specifications
- Medium: Watercolor on Paper
- Dimensions: 10.0×15.0cm
- Weight:
- Created: 2025, France
- Certificate: 20250125-0040
- SKU: Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0844 / 2025
Gallery Label
A minor - Research on Harmony - Variation 9 Watercolor on Paper, 10.0×15.0cm Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0844 / 2025
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.
