The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 8, 2026

An ink drawing on vertical off-white paper features handwritten signatures and inscriptions dated between 1934 and 1939 spread across the upper half. Below, a sketch in loose lines depicts a horned goat walking toward our right. To the left, a small figure sits on horseback near sparse bushes. In the distance, another animal stands. A handwritten dedication from Mahonri Young to John Taylor Arms is inscribed at bottom right.

Untitled (Man on Horseback, Baby on Blanket, Text, and Signatures)

1935

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)
America
Ink
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2012.467.3.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 (Man on Horseback, Baby on Blanket, Text, and Signatures)|url=false|author=John Taylor Arms|year=1935|access-date=08 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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