Kittelsen, Theodor(1857-1914)
The Old Woman Who Carried the Heat with Her Nose 1911
Pencil and watercolour on paper
Paper=Motif: 67x50 cm
Signed and dated lower left: Th. Kittelsen 1911.
From the fairy tale “Farmer Weatherbeard” by Asbjørnsen and Moe:
“The man travelled on, and came at evening to a place where the old woman stood carrying the heat — and she did it with her nose, it was that long.”
Exhibited:
Th. Kittelsen’s Lauvlia, 1996.
Th. Kittelsen’s Lauvlia, “Th. Kittelsen – A Fairy Tale,” 2002.
Th. Kittelsen’s Lauvlia, “Kittelsen’s Enchanted World,” 2006.
Th. Kittelsen’s Lauvlia, “The Humorist Theodor Kittelsen,” 2010.
Estimate
NOK 800,000–1,000,000
Auctioned Monday November 24 2025 at 18:00
Unsold