The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 8, 2026

A vertically oriented page of cream paper features several handwritten inscriptions in blue and black ink. At the top, blocky blue letters read, "In happy remembrance of an evening at a home luminous with artistic minds and fine sensibilities," signed "Helen Keller." Below, entries dated 1949 include cursive signatures and notes in English, Turkish, Arabic, and French. The handwriting varies from structured block letters to flowing calligraphic script.

Untitled (Signatures Including Helen Keller's, with Notes in Multiple Languages)

1949

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)
America
Ink
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2012.467.16.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 (Signatures Including Helen Keller's, with Notes in Multiple Languages)|url=false|author=John Taylor Arms|year=1949|access-date=08 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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