The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 9, 2026

A vertically oriented guestbook page features black ink on tan paper with various handwritten notes in fluid cursive. Dated August 1949, the text mentions "The Great American Etcher" and Vermont. In the lower left, a small, dark ink sketch depicts gabled buildings nestled in foliage. To our right, signatures by John and Barbara Muench praise the "magnificent view" of "Stone House."

Untitled (House, Text, and Signatures)

1949

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)
America
Ink
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2012.467.17.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 (House, Text, and Signatures)|url=false|author=John Taylor Arms|year=1949|access-date=09 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2012.467.17.a