Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 13

Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 13 — Arnaud Quercy
Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 13 — Arnaud Quercy

Physical Details

  • Medium: Acrylic on Paper
  • Dimensions: 15.0 × 21.0 cm
  • Weight: 0.1 kg
  • Date: 2026
  • Location: France
  • Certificate of Authenticity: N°20261002-0170
  • Catalogue Number: AQC1119
  • Collection: Harmonic Crossing

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A small piano étude translated into color. The Bb Major triad — Bb0, Bb2, F3, F4, D5 — appears here as violet toward black, orange and red-violet toward red, the harmonic-chromatic translation of this chord. From Bb0 to D5, the étude breathes across the full keyboard.
Played Lent — slowly, meditatively, mp — at a gentle, conversational volume, legato — the notes flowing into one another. Rising from Bb0 (black) to D5 (yellow-orange) at the crest, the line folds back — an arch, a breath held and released. Arnaud wrote it in four, the pulse walks with a steady, even tread.
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.

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harmonic-chromatic mapping Bb Major triad cycle of fifth mapping acrylic on paper geometric color fields violet and orange palette Harmonic Crossing collection piano études translated to color small format painting contemporary French painting hard-edge composition

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