A Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 8 — Acrylic on Paper by Arnaud Quercy
Acrylic on Paper, 10.5×15.0cm
Arnaud Quercy, 2025 — France
Where piano chords become visible — harmony you can see
First exhibited at Halle des Blancs Manteaux, Paris, December 2025 — Salon d'art contemporain – Metamorphose 2025–2026, Paris.
This work entered a private collection in Germany, March 2026.
- ✓ 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 Major
Part of Synesthetic Explorations · 11 works in this series
A Major
About This Artwork
This work explores the visual translation of an A Major triad through chromesthetic mapping, where musical notes appear as their corresponding colors. Part of the Synesthetic Explorations collection, the piece transforms piano harmony into a geometric color study that makes sound relationships visible through precise color positioning.
Yellow-orange tones dominate the composition, appearing as burlywood and khaki forms that represent the A notes across different octaves. Blue-green areas create substantial presence through mediumturquoise rectangles, while steelblue provides the blue-violet foundation. White and bright yellow sections complete the harmonic structure, with small accent notes in cadetblue, skyblue, and darkseagreen adding chromatic detail. The colors organize into geometric shapes with dark gray outlines that define the spatial relationships between tones.
The work measures 10.5 × 15.0 cm on paper and weighs 0.1 kg, created using acrylic technique. Certificate of authenticity number 20251123-0063 accompanies the piece, with the artist's signature located at bottom right. The compact format presents seven resolved notes - Db4, Eb4, Db5, E5, A5, Db6, Db7 - as a spread voicing that opens harmonic intervals across multiple octaves, demonstrating how chord tones can be distributed spatially through color relationships.
Details & Provenance
Technical Specifications
- Medium: Acrylic on Paper
- Dimensions: 10.5×15.0cm
- Weight: 0.1 kg
- Created: 2025, France
- Certificate: 20251123-0063
- SKU: Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0888 / 2025
Gallery Label
A Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 8 Acrylic on Paper, 10.5×15.0cm Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0888 / 2025
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.
