| Watercolors by Winslow Homer and John Singer Sargent | | November | 30 | 1917 | December | 31 | 1917 |
| Pastels by J.[ohn] McLure Hamilton lent by the artist and Mrs. E.[dward] H. Harriman | | January | 06 | 1917 | | | |
| Society of Painter-Gravers of America | | December | 01 | 1917 | December | 31 | 1917 |
| Paintings from The Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection | | January | 06 | 1917 | February | | 1917 |
| The Society of Men Who Paint the Far West | | December | 06 | 1917 | January | 6 | 1918 |
| Paintings from Horace Kelley Art Foundation | | January | 06 | 1917 | | | |
| [William J.] Gordon Estate, Recent Accessions and Other Loans | | January | 06 | 1917 | | | |
| French Paintings from the Impressionist School | | January | 06 | 1917 | | | |
| The Worcester R. Warner Collection | | January | 18 | 1917 | March | 18 | 1917 |
| Whistler Etchings and Lithographs: Reproductions | | January | | 1917 | January | | 1917 |
| Watercolors by Auguste Ravier lent by F.[rank] S. Lahm | | January | | 1917 | January | | 1917 |
| Bronzes and Marbles by Chester Beach lent by the artist | | February | 02 | 1917 | February | 20 | 1917 |
| Portrait Lithographs by William Rothenstein and a Few Process-Reproductions of Portraits and Other Lithographs by Whistler | | February | | 1917 | February | | 1917 |
| Second Annual Exhibit of the American Bookplate Society: Bookplates by E. D. French and Bookplates of Famous People, lent by Western Reserve University | | February | | 1917 | April | | 1917 |
| Valentines, lent by Mr. Frank House Baer | | February | 12 | 1917 | March | 19 | 1917 |
| Ankor Wat and Ankor Thom Plates lent by the John G. White Collection, Public Library | | March | 19 | 1917 | March | 26 | 1917 |
| Chinese and Japanese Sculpture: Reproductions | | March | 31 | 1917 | June | 2 | 1917 |
| Spring Exhibition of the Cleveland Photographic Society | | April | 01 | 1917 | April | 8 | 1917 |
| Paintings by Ignacio Zuloaga lent by the artist and various owners | Link | April | 03 | 1917 | April | 25 | 1917 |
| Lithographs of English Munitions Works by Joseph Pennell, lent by S.[almon] P. Halle [1] | | April | 09 | 1917 | April | 30 | 1917 |
