Profound Longing

1965

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 50 1/8 x 40 1/8 in. (127.3 x 101.9 cm)
Collection no.: 1990.342
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: Hans Hofmann Fair Use (WikiArt source label)License details

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Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Profound Longing — Hans Hofmann. 1965.

Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 50 1/8 x 40 1/8 in. (127.3 x 101.9 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Renate Hofmann, 1990.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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