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Collection Online as of July 9, 2026

A vertically oriented off-white page is layered with stacked entries of handwritten cursive in black and faded blue ink. Signatures and notes descend the composition, varying in script weight and slant. Near the center, minimalist line drawings depict a small bucket beside the back of a figure wearing a large, double-looped bow. A dense cluster of signatures anchors the bottom of the aged, slightly textured paper.

Untitled (Two Doodles, Text and Signatures in Multiple Languages)

c. 1933

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)
America
Ink
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2012.467.2.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 (Two Doodles, Text and Signatures in Multiple Languages)|url=false|author=John Taylor Arms|year=c. 1933|access-date=09 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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