The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 8, 2026

A vertically oriented ink drawing on tan paper features various sketches and inscriptions. In the upper left, a small sketch depicts a man seated in profile, writing, with light gray wash shading. Beside him, the names "James McBey" and "Marguerite McBey" are dated "19 October 1940." Centrally, a musical staff with handwritten notes appears. The lower half contains several signatures, including "Amory Hunt" and "Dorothy Spelman," dated from late 1940.

Untitled (Man in Chair, Musical Bar, and Signatures)

1940

James McBey

(British, 1883–1959)

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)
America
Ink
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2012.467.8.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 in Chair, Musical Bar, and Signatures)|url=false|author=James McBey, John Taylor Arms|year=1940|access-date=08 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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