E Minor - Research on Harmony - Variations 5 — Acrylic on Paper by Arnaud Quercy
Acrylic on Paper, 10.5×15.0cm
Arnaud Quercy, 2025 — France
Where piano harmony becomes visible — the E Minor chord 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 Italy, January 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.
About This Artwork
This work explores the visual translation of the E Minor triad through chromesthetic mapping, part of the Synesthetic Explorations collection. The piece converts the harmonic structure of E, G, and B into their corresponding color equivalents, creating a small-format study in synesthetic perception. The composition investigates how musical intervals can be made tangible through color relationships and spatial organization.
Orange tones dominate the composition, occupying nearly half the surface area and creating the visual foundation for the harmonic structure. Yellow appears throughout substantial portions of the work, while yellow-orange provides transitional passages between the primary color areas. A single yellow-green accent emerges as a precise note within the broader warm palette, corresponding to the B natural in the E Minor chord. The geometric forms organize these colors into distinct zones, with curved and angular elements creating spatial divisions that mirror the intervallic relationships of the source chord.
The work measures 10.5 × 15.0 cm and weighs 0.1 kg, executed in acrylic on paper. This is Variation 5 within the Research on Harmony series, exploring piano studies through visual translation. The piece carries certificate of authenticity number 20251123-0104 and bears the artist's signature in the bottom right corner. Created in France in November 2025, the work demonstrates the systematic approach to converting musical structures into visual compositions that defines the Synesthetic Explorations collection.
Details & Provenance
Technical Specifications
- Medium: Acrylic on Paper
- Dimensions: 10.5×15.0cm
- Weight: 0.1 kg
- Created: 2025, France
- Certificate: 20251123-0104
- SKU: Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0876 / 2025
Gallery Label
E Minor - Research on Harmony - Variations 5 Acrylic on Paper, 10.5×15.0cm Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0876 / 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.
