$19 million settlement resolves Portrait of Wally dispute
A settlement provided $19 million to Lea Bondi Jaray’s estate in the dispute over Egon Schiele’s Portrait of Wally. The painting would remain with the Leopold Museum, with acknowledgment of its looted history. The agreement did not return the painting to the heirs.
Artwork Details & DocumentationIdentification, ownership history and supporting records
Portrait of Wally Neuzil
- Artwork title
- Portrait of Wally NeuzilLeopold Museum · Collection and provenance record ↗ · checked
- Object type
- PaintingLeopold Museum · Collection and provenance record ↗ · checked
- Maker / attribution
- Egon SchieleLeopold Museum · Collection and provenance record ↗ · checked
- Creation date / period
- 1912Leopold Museum · Collection and provenance record ↗ · checked
- Materials & technique
- Oil on woodLeopold Museum · Collection and provenance record ↗ · checked
- Measurements
- 32 × 39.8 cm (height × width)Leopold Museum · Collection and provenance record ↗ · checked
- Inscriptions & markings
- Lower left: EGON SCHIELE 1912Leopold Museum · Collection and provenance record ↗ · checked
- Accession / inventory number
- Leopold Museum, Vienna · Inv. 453Leopold Museum · Collection and provenance record ↗ · checked
- Catalogue raisonné reference
- J. Kallir 1990/1998: P234Leopold Museum · Collection and provenance record ↗ · checked
Not documented in this record: distinguishing features · subject.
Documented ownership history
- Before 1925–1939
- 1939–1944
Friedrich Welz obtained it through Nazi persecution.
Leopold Museum · Collection and provenance record ↗ · checked - 1950–1954
Held by the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere.
Leopold Museum · Collection and provenance record ↗ · checked - 1954–1994
Rudolf Leopold acquired it by exchange.
Leopold Museum · Collection and provenance record ↗ · checked - 1994–present
Leopold Museum foundation; a 2010 settlement compensated the heirs and released their claim.
Leopold Museum · Collection and provenance record ↗ · checked
Only stages supported by the cited sources are shown. This list is not a complete chain of ownership.
Record sources
Identification details follow the Object ID categories where documented. Ownership history is recorded separately; this documentation is not an authentication or a certificate of ownership.
