1948b New York
Julien Levy Gallery, New York,
Arshile Gorky, February 29–March 20, 1948, no. 9, as
The Limit.
1951a New York
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York,
Arshile Gorky Memorial Exhibition, January 5–February 18, 1951, no. 48, 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.
1952 Princeton
Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey,
Arshile Gorky: A Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, October 6–26, 1952, no. 19, as
The Limit.
1953b New York
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York,
Arshile Gorky in the Final Years, February 16–March 14, 1953, no. 17, as
The Limit.
1957 Minneapolis
Minneapolis Institute of Art,
American Paintings 1945–1957, June 18–September 1, 1957, no. 50, ill. in b/w, p. 21, as
The Limit.
1957e New York
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.
1958–59 IC–MoMA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, International Council (organizer),
The New American Painting, 1958–59, no. 18, as
The Limit.
Traveled to: Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland, April 19–May 26, 1958 (as Die neue amerikanische Malerei); Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Milan, June 1–30, 1958 (as La Nuova Pittura Americana); Museum Nacional de Art Contemporaneo, Madrid, July 16–August 11, 1958 (as La Nueva Pintura Americana); Hochschule für Bildende Kunste, Berlin, September 1–October 1, 1958 (as Die neue amerikanische Malerei); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, October 17–November 24, 1958 (as Jong Amerika schildert); Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Brussels, December 6, 1958–January 4, 1959 (as La nouvelle peinture américaine); Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, January 16–February 15, 1959 (as Jackson Pollock et la nouvelle peinture américaine); Tate Gallery, London, February 24–March 22, 1959; Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 28–September 8, 1959; Albany Institute of History and Art, New York, September 25–October 25, 1959 (Only part of the exhibition traveled here as Recent American Painting: 17 Abstract Expressionists).
1962 Venice
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."
1962–63b New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York,
Arshile Gorky, 1904–1948, December 19, 1962–February 12, 1963, no. 108, ill. in b/w, p. 44, as
The Limit.
Traveled to: Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, D.C, March 12–April 14, 1963.
1965 AC–London
Arts Council of Great Britain (organizer), Tate Gallery, London,
Arshile Gorky, Paintings and Drawings, 1965, no. 89, ill. in b/w, as
The Limit, [London: no. 89, ill. in b/w; Rotterdam: no. 116, ill. in b/w as "De uiterste grens"].
Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, April 2–May 2, 1965; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, May 22–June 27, 1965; Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, July 24–September 5, 1965. (Museum Boymans van Beuingen 1965)..
1967 Paris
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.
1969c New York
M. Knoedler & Co. Inc, New York,
Gorky, de Kooning, Newman, June 26–September 20, 1969, as
The Limit.
1969–70a New York
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.
1976–77 AC–London
Arts Council of Great Britain, London (organizer),
Arshile Gorky: Paintings and Drawings, 1976–77, no. 16, ill. in b/w, as
The Limit.
Traveled to: Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, United Kingdom, December 19, 1976–January 16, 1977; Serpentine Gallery, London, March 12–April 11, 1977.
1978 Ithaca
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.
1979b New York
Xavier Fourcade Inc, New York,
Arshile Gorky: Important Paintings and Drawings, April 3–28, 1979, ill. in color, as
The Limit.
1981–82 New York
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.
1995–96 Fort Worth / Buffalo
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.
2009–10 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective, October 15, 2009–January 10, 2010, no. 183, ill. in color, p. 346, as
The Limit.
Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, February 10–May 3, 2010. (Gale 2010).; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, June 6–September 20, 2010.
2011b New York
Gagosian Gallery, New York,
Arshile Gorky: 1947, May 6–July 1, 2011, as
The Limit.
2013–14 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Joan Miró and Arshile Gorky: In Dialogue, October 16, 2013–May 19, 2014, as
The Limit.
2016–17 London
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.
2019 Venice
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.
2021–22a New York
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.