Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 19

Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 19 — Arnaud Quercy
Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 19 — Arnaud Quercy

Physical Details

  • Medium: Acrylic on Paper
  • Dimensions: 21.0 × 30.0 cm
  • Weight: 0.1 kg
  • Date: 2026
  • Location: France
  • Certificate of Authenticity: N°20261002-0194
  • Catalogue Number: AQC1143
  • Collection: Harmonic Crossing

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A small piano étude translated into color. The Bb Major triad — Bb1, Bb2, F3, F4, Bb4, D5, D7 — appears here as violet toward black, orange toward yellow-orange and red-violet toward red, the harmonic-chromatic translation of this chord. From Bb1 to D7, the étude breathes across the full keyboard.
Played Lent — slowly, meditatively, p — softly, with restraint, legato — the notes flowing into one another. Rising from Bb1 (black) to D7 (silver) 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 acrylic on paper Bb Major triad cycle of fifths geometric abstraction red-violet orange black palette Harmonic Crossing collection piano étude painting contemporary French painting vertical composition color zone mapping Arnaud Quercy

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