The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 16, 2026

A vertically oriented abstract painting features a large, creamy white circular form centered against a dense black background. Thick, heavy black swathes cut across the center in a bold horizontal band and an expressive loop. A broad white arc sweeps across the upper right with ragged, layered edges. Visible brushwork defines the textured shapes. In the bottom right corner, a name and date are handwritten against the dark ground.

The Moon

1949

Hans Hofmann

(American, born Germany, 1880–1966)
America
watercolor and gouache
Sheet: 43.6 x 35.5 cm (17 3/16 x 14 in.)
Gift of Park Synagogue 1968.237
© Estate of Hans Hofmann / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: Not on view
  • American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 4/19/98 - 7/12/98, American Drawings from the Permanent Collection, no cat.
    Directions in Drawing: 1750-1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991).
    CMA: Works from the Contemporary Collection, July 1-mid-October, 1969
    Works from the Contemporary Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 1-October 15, 1969).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art, January 29-March 9, 1969, "Year in Review for 1968," CMA Bulletin, LVI (January 1969), p. 48, no. 112, repr. p. 28.
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