The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 8, 2026

Two black ink sketches and various handwritten inscriptions decorate a vertical tan page. At the top left, a detailed drawing depicts a covered bridge nestled in rolling hills. Below, a rectangular landscape uses dense hatching to represent dark terrain beneath a bright sky. Cursive notes and signatures, dated 1943 to 1946, fill the remaining space, offering thanks for scenery, friendship, and meals like "fresh trout for breakfast!"

Untitled (Covered Bridge, Landscape Study of Light, Text, and Signatures)

1943–46

Norman Kent

(American, 1903–1972)

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)
America
Ink and wash
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2012.467.13.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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