Auction Wednesday November 25 2026 at 18:00
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 500,000–700,000USD 52,500–73,400EUR 47,300–66,300

Coming up for sale Wednesday November 25 2026 at 18:00

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