Art restitution

Lost avant-garde film Europa restored to the Themerson estate

Berlin, Germany · Documented case date:

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Case diagram by ArtTraceX · Europa (1931) · Copy identified in Germany’s federal archive.
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A nitrate copy of Stefan and Franciszka Themerson’s avant-garde film was identified in Germany’s federal archive. The BFI records its return to the UK in July 2021 and subsequent restoration in Warsaw.

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Rembrandt, Self-Portrait (1630), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

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