San Francisco Museum of Art,
Arshile Gorky, August 9–24, 1941, as
Portrait of My Mother, dated 1921.
Arts Club of Chicago,
Drawings 1916/1966, February 28–March 11, 1966, no. 35, ill. in b/w, as "The Artist's Mother."
Peale Galleries, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia,
Paintings and Drawings by Arshile Gorky, November 9–December 10, 1967, no. 9, as "The Artist's Mother."
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, no. 1 (Portrait and Figure Drawings), fig. 5, ill. in b/w, p. 27; p. 55, as "The Artist's Mother."
M. Knoedler & Co. Inc, New York,
Gorky: Drawings, November 25–December 27, 1969, no. 47, ill. in b/w, p. 30, as "The Artist's Mother."
Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida,
Drawings from the Art Institute of Chicago, January 5–27, 1974, no. 24, ill. in b/w, as "The Artist's Mother."
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,
Arshile Gorky: Drawings and Paintings, April 29–May 10, 1974, as "The Artist's Mother."
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. 1, ill. in b/w, p. 21, as "The Artist's Mother," dated 1926.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York,
Twentieth Century American Drawing: Three Avant-Garde Generations, January 23–March 28, 1976, no. 78, ill. in b/w, p. 63, as "The Artist's Mother."
Traveled to: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, May 27–July 11, 1976; Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany, July 18–August 29, 1976.
Wildenstein & Co, New York, and Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University, New York (organizers), Wildenstein & Co,
Modern Portraits: The Self & Others, October 20–November 28, 1976, no. 41, ill. in b/w, p. 58, as "The Artist's Mother."
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C,
American Portrait Drawings, May 1–August 3, 1980, ill. in b/w, p. 131, as "The Artist's Mother."
Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris,
Les Réalismes, 1919–1939, December 17, 1980–April 20, 1981, ill. in b/w, p. 263, as "La Mère de l'artiste."
Traveled to: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Berlin, May 10–June 30, 1981.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York,
Arshile Gorky 1904–1948: A Retrospective, April 24–July 19, 1981, no. 72, ill. in b/w, p. 119, as "The Artist's Mother," dated 1938.
Traveled to: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, September 11–November 8, 1981; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 3, 1981–February 28, 1982.
Art Institute of Chicago,
Great Drawings from the Art Institute of Chicago: The Harold Joachim Years 1958–1983, July 24–September 30, 1985, no. 100, ill. in color, p. 213, as "The Artist's Mother."
Traveled to: Saint Louis Art Museum, March 10–May 16, 1986.
Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York,
The Artist's Mother: Portraits and Homages, November 14, 1987–January 3, 1988, no. 7, ill. in b/w, p. 35, as "The Artist's Mother" (shown in Washington, D.C. only).
Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C, March 26–June 5, 1988.
Gagosian Gallery, New York,
Arshile Gorky: Portraits, March 20–April 27, 2002, ill. in color, p. 33, detail pp. 30–31, as "The Artist's Mother" (not exhibited).
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York,
Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective of Drawings, November 20, 2003–February 15, 2004, no. 4, ill. in color, p. 23, as "The Artist's Mother."
Traveled to: Menil Collection, Houston, March 5–May 9, 2004.
Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective, October 15, 2009–January 10, 2010, no. 30, ill. in color, p. 188, as "The Artist's Mother."
Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, February 10–May 3, 2010. (Gale 2010).; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, June 6–September 20, 2010.