SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 Retrospective. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
2006 Este Mundo. Kent Gallery, New York
2002 Le Monde de Paul Celan. Krugier-Ditesheim Art Contemporain, Geneva
Endgame. Kent Gallery, New York
2001 Out of the Shadows. School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Quattro montagne / Ritratto di una città. Galleria Tega, Milan
1999 1999, mémoire du voyage, voyage de la mémoire. Galerie Thessa Herold, Paris
1998 Pastelli / Pastels. Galleria Contini, Venice
A Tribute to Meyer Shapiro. Jan Krugier Gallery, New York
1997 Le Monde d’Edmond Jabès. Krugier-Ditesheim Art Contemporain, Geneva
New Pastels. Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis
1996 Paris Is White. Kent Gallery, New York
1995

Disegni nascosti, 1955–1995. Studio d’Arte Recalcati, Turin
1994 Au gré de la mémoire. Galerie Thessa Herold, Paris
1993 Swiat Bruno Schulza. Galerie Kordegarda, Warsaw
1992 Memories Drawn from Bruno Schultz and Others. Kent Gallery, New York
Le Monde de Bruno Schultz. Krugier-Ditesheim Art Contemporain, Geneva
1990 Drawings. Printworks, Chicago
The Periodic Table. Gallery 400, University of Chicago
Israel in Egypt. Kent Fine Art, New York
1988 Pastels 1961 to 1987. Kent Fine Art, New York
Irving Petlin. Elisabeth Franck Gallery, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium
Irving Petlin. Galleria La Parisina, Turin
1987 Weisswald. Kent Fine Art, New York
Irving Petlin. Galerie Jean Briance, Paris
Irving Petlin. Simms Fine Art, New Orleans
1986 New Paintings. Marlborough Gallery, New York
1984 Recent Paintings and Pastels. Marlborough Gallery, New York
1983

Drawings from the Studio. Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Forty Pastels by Irving Petlin. Odyssia Gallery, New York
Irving Petlin. Dart Gallery, Chicago
1982 Recent Paintings and Pastels. Marlborough Fine Art, London
1981 Irving Petlin. University of California, Santa Cruz
Irving Petlin. Odyssia Gallery, New York
1980 Irving Petlin. Galerie Nina Dausset, Paris
1979 The Drawing Lesson. Odyssia Gallery, New York
1978 Irving Petlin: Rubbings . . . The Large Paintings and the Small Pastels. Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase. Traveled to the Arts Club of Chicago
1977 Irving Petlin. Galleria Bergamini, Milan
1976 Dipinti e pastelli. Galleria Odyssia, Rome
Irving Petlin. Gallery Rebecca, Washington, D.C.
1974 Irving Petlin. Documenta, Turin
1972 Irving Petlin. Galleria Bergamini, Milan
1971 Irving Petlin. Galleria Odyssia, Rome
1970 Irving Petlin. Odyssia Gallery, New York
1969 Irving Petlin. Odyssia Gallery, New York
Irving Petlin. Galleria Odyssia, Rome
1968 Irving Petlin. Galerie du Dragon, Paris
Irving Petlin. Odyssia Gallery, New York
Opere recenti. Galleria il Fante di Spade, Rome
1967 Irving Petlin. Odyssia Gallery, New York
1966

Irving Petlin. Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles
1965 Petlin. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
1964 Peintures récentes. Galerie du Dragon, Paris
Irving Petlin. Hanover Gallery, London
1963 Peintures 1962–1963. Galerie du Dragon, Paris
1962 Petlin. Galerie du Dragon, Paris
Les 100 hommes. Galatea, Turin
1960 Petlin. Galerie du Dragon. Paris
1957 Petlin. Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco
1956 Petlin. Cliffdweller Gallery, Chicago
 


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2002 Petlin / Guarienti. Galerie Le Point, Monaco
2000 Paris sous le ciel de la peinture. Salle St. Jean, Hôtel de Ville, Paris
Chicago Loop: Imagist Art 1949 –1979. Whitney Museum of American Art, Stamford, Connecticut
1997

Leon Golub, R.B. Kitaj, Irving Petlin. Kent Gallery, New York
1996 Light into Darkness. Kent Gallery New York
1992

Memory and Metaphor. Andre Zarre Gallery, New York

1990 Chagall to Kitaj: Jewish Experience in Twentieth-Century Art. Barbican Art Gallery, London
Symbolism. Arthur J. Houghton, Jr. Gallery, Cooper Union School of Art, New York
1989 A Different War: Vietnam in Art. Organized by Independent Curators, Inc. Traveled to the Whatcom Museum, Bellington, Washington; Cordova Museum of Art, Lincoln, Massachussets; University Art Galleries, University of Colorado, Boulder; Akron Museum of Art, Akron, Ohio; Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin; Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles; Block Art Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Golden Opportunity: Benefit for the Resettlement of Salvadorian Refugees. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
1988 Revelation: Drawings in America. Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock. Traveled to Galerija Bosne I Hercegovina, Sarajevo; Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Galerija Josip-Bepo Benkovic, Herceg-Novi, Serbia and Montenegro; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville; Washington Irving Center, Madrid; Festival International du Dessin Contemporain, Grand Palais, Paris
1986 Portraits. New York Studio School
American Myths. Kent Fine Art, New York
1985

American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York
Narration Drawing. New York Studio School
1984 Art americain: Collections du Musée National d’Art Moderne. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Twentieth-Century American Drawings: The Figure in Context. Curated by Paul Cummings, sponsored by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, D.C. Traveled to the Terra Museum of Art, Evanston, Illinois; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock; Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio; Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin; National Academy of Design, New York

Twentieth-Century American Drawings from the Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection. Eastern Shore Art Association, Fairhope, Alabama; Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock; Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Baton Rouge; Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach; Art Institute of the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas; Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, Florida; Cornell Fine Arts Center, Winter Park, Florida; Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas; Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center, Pueblo, Colorado; Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Lousiana; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio

New Narrative Painting: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The Dilexi Years: 1958–1970. Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
Contemporary Masters of International Figuration. Marlborough Fine Art, Tokyo
1983 Director’s Choice. Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
Bodies and Souls. Artist’s Choice Museum, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
Works on Paper. Marlborough Gallery, New York
1982 Venice Biennale. Venice
Jewish Themes, Contemporary American Artists. Jewish Museum, New York
1981 American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York
1980 Le Pastel. Chateau d’Ancy-le-Franc, Ancy-le-Franc, France
1979 The Pastel in America. Odyssia Gallery, New York
1977 American Drawings of the 70s. Art Institute of Chicago
For Öyvind Fahlström: An Exhibition by His Friends, Galerie Bucholz, Munich
1976 Jewish Artists of the Twentieth Century. Spertus Museum, Chicago
1975 La Ricerca dell’identità. Palazzo Reale, Milan
1973 Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Art. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Una Tendenza americana. Galleria Comunale d’Art Contemporanea, Arezzo, Italy 
1972 Seventieth American Exhibition. Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago Imagist Art. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Immagine per la città. Palazzo dell’Accademia and Palazzo Reale, Genoa
1971 Critic’s Choice. Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
1970

L’Art dans la ville de Fontainebleau. Fontainebleau, France
Image-dessin. Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris
Bilder-Eine Internationale Austellung. Vienna
American Painting 1970. Virginia Museum, Richmond
1969 Viewpoints. Picker Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York
1966 Salon de mai. Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris
U.S.A. vivant. Musée des Augustins, Toulouse
Seul . . . et le corps. Galerie du Dragon, Paris
Alternative attuali no. 2. Aquila, Italy
1965 Salon de mai. Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris
Il Presente contestato. Museo Civico, Bologne
Salon de la jeune peinture. Paris
Signal, manifeste, proteste. Kunsthalle, Recklinghousen, Germany
1964 Alternative attuali no 1. Aquila, Italy
1963 Salon de mai. Musee de Art Moderne, Paris
1962 Salon de mai. Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris
Nouvelle figuration II. Galerie Mathias Fels, Paris
Recent Acquisitions. Museum of Modern Art, New York
Sept américains. Centre Culturel Américain, Paris
1961 Biennale: Section américaine. Paris
Huit artistes de Chicago. Galerie du Dragon, Paris
Salon de mai. Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris
1954 Exhibition Momentum. Chicago


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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock
The Art Institute of Chicago
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Des Moines Art Center, Iowa
First National Bank of Chicago
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
The Jewish Museum, New York
Lannan Foundation, Palm Beach
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Museen Der Stadt, Recklinghausen, Germany
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York