The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 9, 2026

A vertically oriented, reddish-brown graphite drawing on textured paper depicts a child looking down at a round ball held between their hands. Wispy lines form the child's hair, downcast eyes, and slightly open mouth. On our left, a hand supports the ball from below while, on our right, the other rests on top with fingers spread. Faint blue text bleeds through on the upper left. A signature marks the lower right corner.

Untitled (Child with Ball)

c. 1940s

Arthur William Heintzelman

(American, 1891–1965)

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)
America
Graphite
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2012.467.9.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 (Child with Ball)|url=false|author=Arthur William Heintzelman, John Taylor Arms|year=c. 1940s|access-date=09 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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