Ownership of Egon Schiele Drawing Lost During Holocaust to Be Decided by New York Court

A 1917 drawing by Egon Schiele is at the center of a restitution case that will soon head to court in New York.The work in question, Portrait of the Artist’s Wife (1917), depicts Edith Schiele with her hands folded in her lap. The drawing was made a year before both Edith and the artist, both at 28 years old, during the 1918 influenza epidemic. Portrait of the Artist’s Wife is estimated to be worth several million dollars. The heirs of two Jewish collectors, Karl Mayländer and H