The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 8, 2026

A vertically oriented document in black and blue ink depicts rows of handwritten signatures and notes on cream paper. At the top, 'Helen Keller' appears in large, blocky letters. Below, cursive signatures fill the page, and two small bird sketches flank a signature near the top. At the bottom, a tiny farmhouse is sketched in blue ink beside signatures and a short note expressing admiration and thanks.

Untitled (Farmhouse, Birds, Signatures including Hellen Keller's, with Notes)

c. 1949

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)
America
Ink
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2012.467.15.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 (Farmhouse, Birds, Signatures including Hellen Keller's, with Notes)|url=false|author=John Taylor Arms|year=c. 1949|access-date=08 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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