The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 8, 2026

A vertically oriented manuscript page on cream paper features tiered rows of handwritten signatures and messages. Dated "Feb 25th" at the top, entries descend in varied black and blue cursive styles. A central block of text in bold teal ink punctuates the page. Towards the bottom left, a column of five signatures displays diverse flourishing strokes, creating a visual rhythm of varying ink weights and densities against the neutral ground.

Untitled (Signatures and Text)

c. 1942

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)
America
Ink
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2012.467.10.b
Courtesy of John Taylor Arms/© Suzanne Arms Hawkins
Location: Not on view
  • September 23, 1991
    (Waverly Auctions, Bethesda, MD)
    1991-2013
    Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt, Pepper Pike, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    March 4, 2013-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Arms, John Taylor, and William Dolan Fletcher. John Taylor Arms, a Man for All Time: The Artist and His Work. [Place of publication not identified]: Sign of the Arrow, 1982.
    Saville, Jennifer, and John Taylor Arms. John Taylor Arms: Plates of Perfect Beauty. 1995.
  • The Gothic Spirit of John Taylor Arms. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (May 8-November 27, 2011).
  • {{cite web|title=Untitled (Signatures and Text)|url=false|author=John Taylor Arms|year=c. 1942|access-date=08 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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