Recovered art

Paul Signac painting stolen in Nancy recovered in Ukraine

Nancy, France / Kyiv, Ukraine · Source report date:

Paul Signac, Port de la Rochelle, 1915 — the recovered painting.
Paul Signac, Port de la Rochelle, 1915 — the recovered painting. Image source ↗
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Paul Signac’s Port de la Rochelle (1915), stolen from Nancy’s fine arts museum in 2018, was recovered by Ukrainian police during a search in a murder investigation. The 24 April 2019 report describes recovery and arrangements for return to France, rather than a completed return to museum display.

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

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