Julien Levy Gallery, New York,
Arshile Gorky, February 29–March 20, 1948, no. 9, as
The Limit.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York,
Arshile Gorky Memorial Exhibition, January 5–February 18, 1951, no. 48, p. 47, as
The Limit. Traveled to: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, March 4–April 22, 1951; San Francisco Museum of Art, California, May 9–July 9, 1951.
Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey,
Arshile Gorky: A Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, October 6–26, 1952, no. 19, as
The Limit.
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York,
Arshile Gorky in the Final Years, February 16–March 14, 1953, no. 17, as
The Limit.
Minneapolis Institute of Art,
American Paintings 1945–1957, June 18–September 1, 1957, no. 50, ill. in b/w, p. 21, as
The Limit.
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York,
33 Paintings by Arshile Gorky, December 2–28, 1957
(Exhibition catalogue: Sidney Janis Gallery 1957), no. 26, ill. in color, as
The Limit.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, International Council (organizer),
The New American Painting, 1958–59, as
The Limit, [Basel: no. 19; Madrid: no. 19; Amsterdam: no. 19; Brussels: no. 19; Paris: no. 18; London: no. 18; New York: no. 18]
. Traveled to: Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland, April 19–May 26, 1958; Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Milan, June 1–30, 1958; Museum Nacional de Art Contemporaneo, Madrid, July 16–August 11, 1958; Hochschule für Bildende Kunste, Berlin, September 1–October 1, 1958; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, October 17–November 24, 1958; Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Brussels, December 6, 1958–January 4, 1959; Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, January 16–February 15, 1959; Tate Gallery, London, February 24–March 22, 1959; Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 28–September 8, 1959.
XXXI Biennale di Venezia: Internazionale d'Arte, U.S. Pavillion, Venice, Italy,
Arshile Gorky, June 16–October 7, 1962, no. 22, p. 114, as "Il limite"
.
Museum of Modern Art, New York,
Arshile Gorky, 1904–1948, December 19, 1962–February 12, 1963
(Exhibition catalogue: Seitz 1962), no. 108, ill. in b/w, p. 44; p. 56, as
The Limit. Traveled to: Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, D.C, March 12–April 14, 1963.
Arts Council of Great Britain, London (organizer), Tate Gallery,
Arshile Gorky: Paintings and Drawings, April 2–May 2, 1965, no. 89, ill. in b/w, as
The Limit.
Arts Council of Great Britain, London (organizer), Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels,
Arshile Gorky, Paintings and Drawings / Arshile Gorky: Schilderijen en Tekeningen, May 22–June 27, 1965, no. 116, ill. in b/w, as "De uiterste grens / The limit"
. Traveled to: Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, July 24–September 5, 1965.
M. Knoedler et Cie, Paris,
Six peintres américains: Arshile Gorky, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, October 19–November 25, 1967, ill. in b/w, as
The Limit.
M. Knoedler & Co. Inc, New York,
Gorky, de Kooning, Newman, June 26–September 20, 1969, as
The Limit.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940–1970, October 18, 1969–February 8, 1970
(Exhibition catalogue: Geldzahler 1969), no. 96, as
The Limit.
Arts Council of Great Britain, London (organizer),
Arshile Gorky: Paintings and Drawings, 1975–77, no. 16, ill. in b/w, as
The Limit. Traveled to: Southampton Art Gallery, United Kingdom, December 12, 1975–February 22, 1976; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, April 3–May 2, 1976; Sunderland Art Gallery, United Kingdom, June 5–August 15, 1976; City Art Gallery, Dundee, United Kingdom, August 21–November 27, 1976; Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, United Kingdom, December 19, 1976–January 16, 1977; Serpentine Gallery, London, March 12–April 11, 1977.
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (organized in collaboration with the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York),
Abstract Expressionism: The Formative Years, March 30–May 14, 1978
(Exhibition catalogue: Hobbs and Levin 1978); (Exhibition catalogue: Levin 1978a); (Exhibition catalogue: Levin 1978b), as
The Limit. Traveled to: Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, June 17–July 12, 1978; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, October 5–December 3, 1978.
Xavier Fourcade Inc, New York,
Arshile Gorky: Important Paintings and Drawings, April 3–28, 1979, ill. in color, as
The Limit.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York,
Arshile Gorky 1904–1948: A Retrospective, April 24–July 19, 1981, no. 248, ill. in color, p. 252, as
The Limit. Traveled to: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, September 11–November 8, 1981; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 3, 1981–February 28, 1982.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo (organizers),
Arshile Gorky: The Breakthrough Years, 1995–96, no. 42, ill. in color, p. 173, as
The Limit. 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.
Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective, October 15, 2009–January 10, 2010
(Exhibition catalogue: Taylor 2009a), pl. 183, ill. in color, p. 346; p. 392, as
The Limit. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, February 10–May 3, 2010; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, June 6–September 20, 2010.
Gagosian Gallery, New York,
Arshile Gorky: 1947, May 6–July 1, 2011, as
The Limit.
Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Joan Miró and Arshile Gorky: In Dialogue, October 16, 2013–May 19, 2014, as
The Limit.
Royal Academy of Arts, London,
Abstract Expressionism, September 24, 2016–January 2, 2017
(Exhibition catalogue: Devaney and Wurst 2016), no. 31, ill. in color, p. 163, as
The Limit. Traveled to: Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain, February 3–June 4, 2017.
Ca'Pesaro International Gallery of Modern Art, Venice, Italy,
Arshile Gorky: 1904–1948, May 8–September 22, 2019, ill. in color, p. 211; details ill. in color, pp. 212–13, as
The Limit.
Hauser & Wirth, New York,
Arshile Gorky: Beyond The Limit, November 16–December 23, 2021, ill. in color, p. 8; ill. in color (details), cover, pp. 4–7, as
The Limit. Traveled to: Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, February 4–March 19, 2022.