C Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 12
Physical Details
- Medium: Watercolor on Paper
- Dimensions: 10.0 × 15.0 cm
- Weight: 0.0 kg
- Date: 2025
- Location: France
- Certificate of Authenticity: N°20250125-0047
- Catalogue Number: AQC0851
- Collection: Harmonic Crossing
- Availability: Sold
Provenance
- Origin: Arnaud Quercy, Paris, France, 2025
- Acquired: 2025-04-27 — Private collection — UK during Permanent Collection 2025 – Resonance in Form
Description
A small piano étude translated into color. The C Major triad — C2, Bb3, G4, C5, E6 — appears here as red toward black, yellow and red-orange, the harmonic-chromatic translation of this chord. The spread voicing spans from C2 to E6, opening across the paper the way it opens across the keyboard. Some accents — violet — appear as tensions outside the chord tones.
This painting belongs to my Harmonic Crossing series, an ongoing practice of translating harmonic relationships into visual form. Each variation is a study — direct, unadorned, focused on the essential character of the chord.
Where this work lives
- Series: C Major
- Collection: Harmonic Crossing
- Technique: Watercolor
Exhibitions
- Permanent Collection 2025 – Resonance in Form (2025-01-01 → 2025-12-31, arnaudquercy.art, Paris)
- Paris Studio Visit (2025-02-18 → 2025-02-18, Artist's Studio, Paris)
Other works in this series
- C Major - Research on Harmony
- C Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 1
- C Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 2
- C Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 18
- C Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 3
- C Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 4
- C Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 5
- C Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 6
- C Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 7
- C Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 8
- C Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 10
- C Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 9
- C Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 11
- C Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 13
- C Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 14
- C Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 15
- C Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 19
- C Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 16
- C Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 17
- Sometimes Ago - C Major
- Watercolor Study in C Major No. 2
Documented at
- Gallery — C Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 12
- Nanopublication — C Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 12 — Computational Image Analysis - AQC0851
Thematic Elements
Technical Notes
- Format: Small
- Type: Painting
- Image resolution: 2331x3108 px
Page Information
- Last updated : 2026-08-25
- Language: EN | Version française
