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Ingrid
Bergman

In 1983, at the behest of Galerie Borjeson in Malmo, Andy Warhol created a print portfolio of Swedish national sweetheart and actress Ingrid Bergman. The series consists of two film stills and one publicity portrait of Bergman: these are titled The Nun, With Hat and Herself respectively.

Ingrid Bergman Value (5 Years)

Works from the Ingrid Bergman series by Andy Warhol have a strong market value presence, with 178 auction appearances. Top performing works have achieved standout auction results, with peak hammer prices of £163343. Over the past 12 months, average values across the series have ranged from £20000 to £83888. The series shows an average annual growth rate of 9.31%.

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Meaning & Analysis

Though Marilyn may be the most famous of Warhol’s muses, the Pop artist also dedicated a whole portfolio of prints to icon and actress Ingrid Berman The works were made in 1983 – just four year before Warhol’s death – at the request of a Swedish gallery –Galerie Borjeson in Malmo – who later published the suite.

The series, produced towards the end of Warhol’s life, showcases the artist’s enduring fascination with celebrity and the way in which fame could elevate a mere mortal to the status of goddess. Playing with the fact that these women’s faces – from Elizabeth Taylor to Marilyn to Ingrid Bergman – were available everywhere, in newspapers, on posters and on television. Warhol set about appropriating them for his own art, painting their portraits in an easily reproducible medium. Where once he would have been a highly successful court painter, making portraits in oils of the most fashionable figures of his time, from the ’60s to the ’80s Warhol used the Factory to produce hundreds, if not thousands, of images of these stars, contributing in no small part to the celebrity obsessed culture we are still living in today.

The series consists of two stills from Bergman’s films, The Bells of St. Mary’s and Casablanca, as well as a publicity portrait of the academy award winning actor in profile. These are titled The Nun, With Hat and Herself respectively. Each work highlights the iconic details of Bergman’s face that made her into the beloved star she is still known as today.

As well as adding his characteristic blocks of bright colour Warhol picks out certain features with elegant coloured lines that are reminiscent of his early career as a fashion illustrator. This is put to most striking effect in The Nun which sees Bergman’s famous features looking out at the viewer from behind the tight contours of a traditional nun’s wimple that only serves to make her seem more striking, if not a little distant. As well as the wimple, her face is also framed by blocks of bright colour that conspicuously divert from the seriousness of her face and costume. Her lips are given a soft pink hue, not at all in keeping with her habit, while the menacing sky behind her is transformed by shades of orange and turquoise.

In With Hat, the actress is turned away from the viewer in a show of disdain as the bright colours contrast harshly to keep the viewer at arm’s length from this unattainable beauty. Herself, however, offers a softer touch. Bergman’s face, though still tilted upwards and away from the viewer, is now lost in thought. Her eyes are softened and Warhol’s complementary colours overlay, suggesting a serenity that is harder to find in the other two images.

10 Facts About Warhol’s Ingrid Bergman

A Pop Art silkscreen-style portrait of Ingrid Bergman in profile, hand to chin, rendered with bright colour blocks and fine white contour lines.

Ingrid Bergman As Herself (F. & S. II.313) © Andy Warhol 1983

1. Andy Warhol’s Ingrid Bergman series was commissioned by Galerie Börjeson in Malmö in 1983

Initiated by Galerie Börjeson, Malmö, the project resulted in a tightly focused portfolio honouring Sweden’s “national sweetheart”. Printed in New York by Rupert Jasen Smith and issued shortly after, the commission underscores how Warhol’s studio system could translate a local cultural tribute into globally legible Pop iconography, transforming Scandinavian subject matter through the Factory’s international reach.

A Pop Art silkscreen-style profile portrait of a woman resting her chin on her hand, rendered in overlapping colour blocks and fine white contour lines.

Ingrid Bergman With Hat (F. & S. II.315) © Andy Warhol 1983

2. The Ingrid Bergman portfolio comprises three silkscreen prints

Warhol distilled Bergman’s star image into three prints: The Nun and With Hat cite recognisable film frames, while Herself returns to the studio headshot. Through these three stills, they show how celebrity is built across roles, publicity and memory. By naming each print with matter-of-fact titles, Warhol demonstrates how Pop Art’s devices - repetition, bright colours and sharp contour - help fame circulate.

A Pop Art silkscreen-style profile portrait of a woman, hand to chin, formed from overlapping colour blocks and fine white contour lines.

Ingrid Bergman, The Nun (F. & S. II.314) © Andy Warhol 1983

3. The Nun reworks a still from The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945)

The Nun is based on a still from The Bells of St. Mary’s. Bergman’s face is framed by the lines of a nun’s wimple, but Warhol undercuts that austerity with bold blocks of saturated colour. Delicate outlines pick out her cheekbones and lips, while the dramatised background sky adds theatrical intensity. These choices turn the religious garments into a contemporary costume, hinting at the iconic blend of sainthood and stardom that appears in Warhol’s late portraits.

A triptych showing Andy Warhol’s Ingrid Bergman portfolio: “With Hat” above, “Herself” left, and “The Nun” right, rendered in bold colour blocks and contour lines.

Ingrid Bergman (complete set) © Andy Warhol 1983