The Great Dog of Night

14 June 1984, sold by the artist via David Findlay Jr. Gallery (New York) to William H. McClain (Lake Mills, WI); 2005, deposited on long-term loan to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]; 14 December 2011, gifted to the Chazen Museum of Art

• Chazen Museum of Art. "Things of Nature and the Nature of Things: John Wilde in the McClain Collection." Chazen Museum of Art, 2006. no. 13
• Panczenko, Russell and Theodore F. Wolff. "Wildeworld: The Art of John Wilde." New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1999. no. 89
• Stockinger, Jacob. "Weird & Wonderful." The Capital Times (June 9, 2006): B1-B2. pp. B1-B2

• Companion Species: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, 10/18/2021–12/30/2021
• Magic of John Wilde, The: Chazen Museum of Art, 5/29/2010–7/25/2010
• Things of Nature and the Nature of Things: John Wilde in the McClain Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 6/10/2006–8/20/2006
• Wildeworld: The Art of John Wilde: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 11/13/1999–1/9/2000

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