The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 9, 2026

A vertically oriented drawing in black ink on cream paper features sketches and text in a vertical column. Minimalist line drawings of hills and buildings sit at the top. Handwritten cursive inscriptions and signatures dated July 1946 occupy the middle. At the bottom, a shaded ink drawing of a barn sits to our left of the phrase "The uncompromising barnyard" and the signature "Alexander Crane." The black ink contrasts against the aged surface.

Untitled (Birds in Flight and Signatures)

1946–47

Alexander Crane

(American, 1904–1953)

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)
America
Ink
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2012.467.14.a
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 (Birds in Flight and Signatures)|url=false|author=Alexander Crane, John Taylor Arms|year=1946–47|access-date=09 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2012.467.14.a