ALBERT ENGSTRÖM. Drei alte Männer, signiert Albert Engström, Mischtechnik.

ca. 24,5 x 32,5 cm.
PROVENIENZ: Selim Karlebo 1892-1982

The Swedish island of Fårö, Munich in Germany, the Karlaplan neighborhood in Stockholm.

These are well-traveled objects.

What they have in common is that they ended up permanently at the Ilsholmen estate in the Roslagen archipelago north of Stockholm, Sweden, and that they belonged to Ingrid and Ingmar Bergman.

Ingrid von Rosen and Ingmar Bergman married in 1971 and lived together until Ingrid´s death in 1995. It was Ingmar Bergman's fifth and final marriage. Ingrid was previously married to the count and business leader Jan-Carl von Rosen.

Ingrid Bergman was a cohesive force in the world-famous playwright and director Ingmar Bergman's turbulent private life, and also during the production of "Cries and Whispers", "Scenes from a Marriage", "Face to Face" and "Fanny and Alexander". Ingmar Bergman has described their relationship and love as an uninterrupted flow of conversation within themselves, a conversation that needed few words but never fell silent. They were very close and always knew where they had each other.

Ingrid spent many summers on the large country estate in Roslagen that her father Selim Karlebo acquired in the 1930s. It also became one of the cornerstones of her and Ingmar's life together, besides the apartment on Karlaplan 10 in Stockholm, the home during the years of exile in Munich and the iconic properties on the island of Fårö.

Among other unique objects from the Ilsholmen estate that have been made availiable to Crafoord Auctions Stockholm are Ingmar Bergman's driving license and cufflinks, a German film prize for "Scenes from a Marriage", photographs, scripts for "Fanny and Alexander", letters signed by Ingmar Bergman, furniture by Carl Malmsten and artwork by Olof Arborelius, Gustaf Rydberg, Albert Engström and Roland Svensson.

This is a very rare occasion. Unique objects. With a cultural-historical weight. That creates a scene from an extraordinary marriage.