Robert Morgenthau

April 2, 2011

Cardozo Law School follow-up—Larry Kaye and the ‘Portrait of Walli’

Portrait of Wally, Egon ScheileSource: MJH Larry Kaye discussed the circumstances under which Egon Schiele’s ‘Portrait of Walli’ had been seized under orders of the then-District […]
May 2, 2011

Letter to Marilyn Henry concerning the return of ‘Portrait of Wally’ by Egon Schiele

Note: This letter was sent to the late Marilyn Henry in an effort to articulate complicated thoughts pertaining to the unsettling resolution of a decades-old battle to […]
April 30, 2012

Wild Weekend with Wally—Part One

Self-Portrait, by Egon Schiele, 1912Source: Google Images No, it’s not what it sounds like. I did not spend a wild weekend with Wally.  Portrait of Wally, […]
June 16, 2014

Provenance research—now and later (First installment)

This “think-aloud” is neither the first nor the last on a topic that has become, despite its innocuous phrasing, far more contentious than it ought to […]
June 16, 2014

Provenance research—now and later (Second Installment)

Since the seizure of “Portrait of Wally” in early January 1998, provenance research has lost its innocence. Battle lines have been drawn between defendants upholding their […]
October 1, 2016

Silences that are Hardly Golden

by Ori Z Soltes edited by Marc Masurovsky With the untimely passing of Elie Wiesel, my mind wanders back to issues that, over the years, I discussed […]