Guild Art Gallery, New York,
Abstract Drawings by Arshile Gorky, December 16, 1935–January 5, 1936, no. 18, as "Detail for Mural," n.d. lent by Alfred Auerbach
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Julien Levy Gallery, New York,
Arshile Gorky, 1905–1948, November 16–December 4, 1948.
Museum of Modern Art, New York,
Arshile Gorky, 1904–1948, December 19, 1962–February 12, 1963
(Exhibition catalogue: Seitz 1962), no. 25, p. 53, as "Drawing," dated c. 1931–32
. Traveled to: Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, D.C, March 12–April 14, 1963.
J. Millard Tawes Fine Arts Center, University of Maryland Art Department and Art Gallery, College Park,
The Drawings of Arshile Gorky, March 20–April 27, 1969
(Exhibition catalogue: Joyner 1969), no. 1 (Drawings, Sketches, Gouaches), p. 53; fig. 16, ill. in b/w, p. 33, as "Untitled," dated c. 1931–32
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M. Knoedler & Co. Inc, New York,
Gorky: Drawings, November 25–December 27, 1969
(Exhibition catalogue: Jordan 1969), no. 12, ill. in b/w, p. 21; p. 55, as "Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia," dated c. 1931–32
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Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge,
Drawings by Five Abstract Expressionist Painters: Arshile Gorky, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Philip Guston, February 21–March 26, 1975, no. 4, as "Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia"
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University Art Museum, University of Texas at Austin,
Arshile Gorky: Drawings to Paintings, October 12–November 23, 1975
(Exhibition catalogue: University of Texas at Austin 1975), ill. in b/w, p. 28; p. 104, as "Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia," dated c. 1931–32
. Traveled to: San Francisco Museum of Art, December 4, 1975–January 12, 1976; Neuberger Museum, Purchase College, State University of New York, February 10–March 14, 1976; Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, New York, April 4–May 9, 1976.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York,
50th Anniversary Gifts, June 3–August 31, 1980, as "Drawing"
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York,
Drawing Acquisitions, 1978–1981, September 17–November 15, 1981, ill. in b/w, p. 4, as "Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia"
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York,
Arshile Gorky 1904–1948: A Retrospective, April 24–July 19, 1981, no. 45, ill. in b/w, p. 99, as "Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia," dated c. 1931–32
. Traveled to: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, September 12–November 6, 1981; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 3, 1981–February 28, 1982.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York,
Abstract Drawings, 1911–1981: Selections from the Permanent Collection, May 5–July 11, 1982, as "Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia"
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Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh,
Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America, 1927–1944, November 5–December 31, 1983, ill. in b/w, fig. 11, p. 151, as "Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia" (not exhibited)
. Traveled to: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, January 26–March 25, 1984; Minneapolis Institute of Art, April 15–June 3, 1984; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 28–September 9, 1984.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (organizer),
20th Century Drawings: from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1987–89, no. 26, ill. in b/w, p. 42, as "Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia"
. Traveled to: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, May 21–September 7, 1987; Cleveland Museum of Art, September 30–November 8, 1987; Achenbach Foundation, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, March 5–June 5, 1988; Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, June 30–August 28, 1988; Whitney Museum of American Art, Fairfield County, Stamford, Connecticut, November 17, 1988–January 25, 1989.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York,
Art in Place: Fifteen Years of Acquisitions, July 7–October 29, 1989, ill. in b/w, p. 83, as "Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia"
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Whitney Museum of American Art at Equitable Center, New York,
American Masters: Six Artists from the Permanent Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, January 10–March 18, 1992, as "Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia"
. Traveled to: Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, Connecticut, April 17–June 17, 1992.
San Jose Museum of Art, California,
American Art 1900–1940, A History Reconsidered: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, May 7, 1994–October 29, 1995.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York,
Picassoid: Collection in Context, September 29–December 10, 1995, ill. in b/w, as "Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia"
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York,
Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective of Drawings, November 20, 2003–February 15, 2004, no. 12, ill. in color, p. 36; p. 242, as "Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia," dated c. 1931–32
. Traveled to: Menil Collection, Houston, March 5–May 9, 2004.
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (organizers),
Arshile Gorky: Hommage, 2007, ill. in color, p. 49, as "Nuit, énigme et nostalgie / Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia"
. Traveled to: Centre culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris, April 2–June 4, 2007; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, April 2–June 4, 2007.
Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective, October 15, 2009–January 10, 2010
(Exhibition catalogue: Taylor 2009a), pl. 43, ill. in color, p. 199; p. 387, as "Nighttime, Enigma, and Nostalgia," dated c. 1931–32
. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, February 10–May 3, 2010; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, June 6–September 20, 2010.
Ca'Pesaro International Gallery of Modern Art, Venice, Italy,
Arshile Gorky: 1904–1948, May 8–September 22, 2019, ill. in color, p. 149, as "Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia"
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