DOCUMENTARY
PORTRAIT OF WALLY
THE FACE THAT LAUNCHED THOUSAND OF LAWSUITS
ART
90 MIN
DIR: ANDREW SHEA
2012
The story of a Nazi-looted painting, Egon Schiele’s “Portrait of Wally,” that was discovered on the walls of the Museum of Modern Art in 1997, triggering a historic court case that pitted the Manhattan District Attorney, the United States Government and the heirs of a Viennese gallery owner against a major Austrian museum and MoMA.
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PORTRAIT OF WALLY
The face that launched thousand lawsuits
The story of a Nazi-looted painting, Egon Schiele’s “Portrait of Wally,” that was discovered on the walls of the Museum of Modern Art in 1997, triggering a historic court case that pitted the Manhattan District Attorney, the United States Government and the heirs of a Viennese gallery owner against a major Austrian museum and MoMA.
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Egon Schiele’s “Portrait of Wally,” a painting stolen by Nazis, hung in the Museum of Modern Art until a historic lawsuit put it back in the hands of its rightful owners.