Yrjö EDELMANN
1941, Finland/Sweden
Oil on canvas, signed and dated "Y. Edelman 89 ", 55x35 cm. The painting was found in connection with the seizure of other counterfeit art. The owner had this painting and a number of other paintings by famous artists as security for a large loan. All the paintings turned out to be fakes. The person who gave the paintings as collateral is already known to the police in similar fraud cases. This painting is by the district court condemned and forfeited.
Oil on canvas, signed and dated "Y. Edelman 2004 ", 50x69 cm. The painting was found in connection with the seizure of other counterfeit art. The owner had this painting and a number of other paintings by famous artists as security for a large loan. All the paintings turned out to be fakes. The person who gave the paintings as collateral is already known to the police in similar fraud cases. This painting is by the district court condemned and forfeited.
Oil on canvas, signed and dated "Y. Edelman 2004 ", 70x50 cm. The painting was found in connection with the seizure of other counterfeit art. The owner had this painting and a number of other paintings by famous artists as security for a large loan. All the paintings turned out to be fakes. The person who gave the paintings as collateral is already known to the police in similar fraud cases. This painting is by the district court condemned and forfeited.
Acrylic on canvas, 49x69 cm. The painting was confiscated by police from an art dealer in Stockholm's northern districts where it was for sale for SEK 36.000. Art dealer said he bought the painting from a private individual. It is likely that the forgery was painted in an Asian country (probably Tailand). District Court: The painting is inspired by the intention to mislead the market in the belief that it is the work of Yrjo Edelmann. Edelman himself has testified that he had not painted or signed this painting why it is a counterfeit.