The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 8, 2026

A vertically oriented graphite drawing on cream-colored paper features a leaping fish in the upper half, its form detailed with fine hatching as it emerges from splashing water. A thin fishing line trails from its mouth. In the upper right, text reads "Still fast!" Below, a handwritten cursive inscription addressed to friends fills the bottom half, concluding with the signatures of William and Anne Schaldach at the bottom right.

Untitled (Hooked Fish Jumping Out of Water with Text)

c. 1942–43

William J. Schaldach

(American, 1896-1982)

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)
America
Graphite
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2012.467.12.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).
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