The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 8, 2026

A vertically oriented black ink drawing on cream-colored paper depicts a man in a ruffled collar and hat seated at an easel, facing left with a palette in hand. Handwritten inscriptions frame the central sketch. Above, a dedication is signed "F. Luis Mora" and dated 1939. Below, signatures and dates from 1939 and 1940, including "May Mora" and "Samuel Chamberlain," fill the lower half of the page.

Untitled (Artist at Work at Easel with Text and Signatures)

1939

Francis Luis Mora

(American, 1874-1940)

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)
America
Ink
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2012.467.7.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 (Artist at Work at Easel with Text and Signatures)|url=false|author=Francis Luis Mora, John Taylor Arms|year=1939|access-date=08 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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