Db Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 9

Physical Details
- Medium: Acrylic on Wood Panel
- Dimensions: 15.0 × 21.0 × 0.3 cm
- Weight: 0.0 kg
- Date: 2024
- Location: France
- Certificate of Authenticity: N°20241201-0273
- Catalogue Number: AQC0776
- Collection: Synesthetic Explorations
Provenance
- Origin: Arnaud Quercy, Paris, France, 2024
Description
The truest statement of the triad. All three chord tones share the canvas generously — Db at four octaves, F at two, Ab at two — and the result is Db Major in near-perfect balance. Eight notes, Animé, soft and legato, the inverted bell dipping low before climbing to F6 at the peak. The four-beat pulse drives the phrase forward with quiet energy.
Blue-green toward black fills the lower registers where the root repeats across octaves. Red-violet appears in the middle where F4 holds a wide presence. Blue leans toward blue-violet at Ab3 and Ab4, the fifth adding depth beside the root. A single yellow-green accent at B3 offers the only warm intrusion — a brief flicker in an otherwise cool field.
Variation 6 is what Db Major sounds like when every chord tone has room to breathe. The balance is rare in this series, where non-chord accents usually compete for attention. Here, the triad speaks clearly.
Collection
Synesthetic Explorations
Contemporary
Technical Notes
- Format: Small
- Type: Painting
- Image resolution: 2307x3460 px
Related Documentation
- Gallery page (EN)https://artquamanima.com/en/artworks/2024/01/db-major-research-on-harmony-variation-9_8m0.html
- Gallery page (FR)https://artquamanima.com/fr/oeuvres/2024/01/re-bemol-majeur-recherche-sur-lharmonie-variation-9_8m0.html
- Nanopublication: Digital Image Documentation - aqc0776_img_full_2307x3460_webphttps://multimodal.institute/en/nanopubs/2026/02/AQC0776-digital-image-documentation-aqc0776_img_full_2307x3460_webp.html
https://multimodal.institute/en/nanopubs/2026/02/AQC0776-digital-image-documentation-aqc0776_img_full_2307x3460_webp.pdf - Nanopublication: Physical Specificationshttps://multimodal.institute/en/nanopubs/2026/02/AQC0776-physical-specifications.html
https://multimodal.institute/en/nanopubs/2026/02/AQC0776-physical-specifications.pdf - Nanopublication: Computational Image Analysis - AQC0776https://multimodal.institute/en/nanopubs/2026/02/AQC0776-computational-image-analysis-aqc0776.html
https://multimodal.institute/en/nanopubs/2026/02/AQC0776-computational-image-analysis-aqc0776.pdf
References
- Catalogue Raisonnéhttps://arnaudquercy.art/en/catalogue-raisonne/index.html
- Art Quam Animahttps://artquamanima.com/en/gallery/index.html
Page Information
- Last updated : 2026-04-27
- Language: EN | Version française