# Yrjö Edelmann artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/yrjo-edelmann/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T12:29:46.826Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1941-10-17
- Death date: 2016-03-14
- Nationality: Swedish
- Movements: Photorealism
- Common media: Painting, Graphic art, Illustration

## About Yrjö Edelmann

Yrjö Edelmann (1941–2016) was a Swedish painter and illustrator born in Helsinki, Finland. Working in a photorealistic mode, he became known for close, illusionistic images of parcels, folded napkins and wrapping paper. These everyday objects gave him a compact visual vocabulary in which crumpled surfaces, folds and wrapped forms became subjects in their own right. Public biographical sources describe both paintings and graphic work, so collectors may encounter his name across more than one medium rather than in a single standardized format. His Finnish birthplace and Swedish artistic identity are also useful for entity matching, especially where catalogues omit diacritics and render his name as Yrjo Edelmann. For appraisal and cataloguing, useful first distinctions include whether an object is a painting or graphic work, whether its imagery fits the documented package-and-paper subjects, and whether the proposed authorship is supported by the object and its accompanying records.

## Common works and media

Collectors may encounter paintings and graphic works associated with Edelmann's photorealistic approach. The best-documented subjects are wrapped parcels, packages, napkins and wrapping paper, often emphasizing folds, crumpled surfaces and the illusion of dimensional form. The source pack also identifies him as an illustrator, although it does not establish which categories of illustrative material regularly appear at auction. Works outside the documented painting and graphic-art context require additional evidence before being treated as characteristic examples.

## Market and appraisal context

The available sources support a cautious market description rather than a price trend or forecast. An appraisal should distinguish paintings from graphic works and compare an object with public records for works of a similar type and subject. Edelmann's documented parcel, napkin and wrapping-paper imagery may help contextualize a work, but subject matter alone cannot establish authorship. The present source pack does not include lot-level condition reports, dimensions, provenance histories, attribution notes or realized prices from major auction houses. Those details should therefore be evaluated from the individual object and the relevant sale records before drawing a value conclusion.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with available auction records and auction-house context. When supported by the underlying records, appraisal research may also consider sale dates, realized prices and comparable lots; the present source pack provides identity and work-context evidence but limited lot-level market detail.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2601471
- Wikipedia: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yrj%C3%B6_Edelmann
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yrj%C3%B6_Edelmann
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500076492
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96223211/
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: https://d-nb.info/gnd/1131108663
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000078922487
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/271047
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/yrjo-edelmann/