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In the early 1960’s Andy Warhol pioneered a new kind of celebrity portraiture with subjects like Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and Elizabeth Taylor. The Ingrid Bergman portfolio revisited the series in the 1980’s.  When Warhol was commissioned by Galerie Borjeson in Malmo, Sweden to portray Bergman he made a suite of three silkscreen portraits and one trial proof of the Academy Award winning actress and one of Sweden’s most celebrated film icons. It was completed in 1983, one year after the death of Bergman.  Two works from the series,  Herself and The Nun, each number 55 from an edition of 250, are at Morgan O’Driscoll’s Irish and International online art auction on the evening of April 21, each estimated at €30,000-€50,000.  The auction is on view until April 20 at the RDS. Pictured here is Herself, from: Three Portraits of Ingrid Bergman (1983).

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) American – With Hat, from Ingrid Bergman (1983). UPDATE: THIS MADE 70,000 AT HAMMER

Andy Warhol’s image of Ingrid Bergman with hat is among the leading lots at Morgan O’Driscoll’s Irish and International online art auction which runs until October 21. The screenprint is hand signed, numbered 47/250 and estimated at 50,000-70,000. The most expensively estimated lot is Cottages on Achill Sound by Paul Henry (€120,000-€160,000) and there are leading lots by Louis le Brocquy, John Shinnors and Sir John Lavery. The auction is on view in Skibbereen from October 10-13 and at the Minerva Suite at the RDS from October 17-20. The catalogue is online.