Blinky Palermo

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Galerie Onnasch, Berlin 
Private Collection, Germany (acquired from the above in 1970)
Thence by descent in 1996 to the present owner

Thordis Moeller, Palermo: Bilder und Objekte Catalog Raisonné, vol. I, Bonn, 1995, no. 139, n.p., illustrated in color 

Berlin, Galerie Onnasch, 20 Deutsche, September 1971, no. 39, n.p., illustrated 
Museum Haus Lange Krefeld, Palermo: Stoffbilder 1966-1972, November 1977 - January 1978, no. 49, illustrated (in diagram) 
Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig and Kunstraum München, Blinky Palermo, June - November 1993, p. 72, illustrated in color
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona and London, Serpentine Gallery, Blinky Palermo, December 2002 - May 2003, p. 50, illustrated in color
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf and Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Palermo, October 2007 – January 2008, p. 68, p. 199, illustrated in color and n.p., illustrated in color (in installation)
Kunstmuseum Bonn, 2014 - 2023 (extended loan)