The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 8, 2026

A vertically oriented cream page features dark ink script. At top, fluid cursive sits above a centered header: "Demonstration of 'The Making of an Etching'". Below a small linear emblem, two columns of signatures descend. These names exhibit diverse styles, ranging from looping, decorative cursive to more legible, upright lettering. The varying scripts capture the distinct hands present on May 18, 1951.

Untitled (Signatures and Text)

1953

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)
America
Ink
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2012.467.18.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 and Text)|url=false|author=John Taylor Arms|year=1953|access-date=08 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2012.467.18.a