Brooklyn Museum, New York, Golden Years of American Drawings, 1905–1956, January 22–March 17, 1957, ill. in b/w, p. 61; p. 22, as "Study for They Will Take My Island"
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Brooklyn Museum, New York, Drawings from the Museum Collection, January 19–February 16, 1962.
Gallery of Modern Art, including Huntington Hartford Collection, New York, Major 19th and 20th Century Drawings, January 19–February 21, 1965.
Brooklyn Museum, New York, Twelve Years of Collecting Drawings and Prints, 1953–1965, June 21–December 26, 1965, as "Study for They Will Take My Island"
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M. Knoedler & Co. Inc, New York, Gorky: Drawings, November 25–December 27, 1969. (Exhibition catalogue: Jordan 1969), no. 79, ill. in b/w, p. 38; p. 59, as "Study for They Will Take My Island"
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Brooklyn Museum, New York, American Drawings from the Collection of the Brooklyn Museum, August 23–November 5, 1972, as "Study for They Will Take My Island"
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Rutgers University Art Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Surrealism and American Art, 1931–1947, March 5–April 24, 1977, no. 41, ill. in b/w, as "Study for They Will Take My Island"
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Arshile Gorky 1904–1948: A Retrospective, April 24–July 19, 1981, no. 180, ill. in b/w, p. 205, as "Study for They Will Take My Island"
. Traveled to: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, September 12–November 6, 1981; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 3, 1981–February 28, 1982.
Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundación Caja de Pensiones, Madrid, Arshile Gorky, 1904–1948, October 17–December 23, 1989, no. 79, ill. in color, p. 148, as "Study for They Will Take My Island"
. Traveled to: Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, January 19–March 25, 1990.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo (organizers), Arshile Gorky: The Breakthrough Years, 1995–96, no. 32, ill. in color, p. 153, as "Study for They Will Take My Island"
. Traveled to: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 7–September 17, 1995; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, October 13–December 31, 1995; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, January 13–March 17, 1996.
Brooklyn Museum, New York, Vital Forms: American Art and Design in the Atomic Age, 1940–1960, October 12, 2001–January 6, 2002. Traveled to: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, February 16–May 12, 2002; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, June 21–September 15, 2002; Phoenix Art Museum, April 4–January 29, 2003.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective, October 15, 2009–January 10, 2010. (Exhibition catalogue: Taylor 2009a), pl. 123, ill. in color, p. 284; p. 390, as "Study for They Will Take My Island," [exhibited in Philadelphia only]
. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, February 10–May 3, 2010 (Gale 2010); Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, June 6–September 20, 2010 (Gale 2010).