Georgia O'Keeffe's 1932 painting Jimson Weed is also known by what subtitle?

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Georgia O'Keeffe's 1932 painting Jimson Weed is also titled White Flower No. 1.

The work shows a large white jimson weed flower against a pale background. O'Keeffe frequently enlarged flowers so that viewers would notice their forms and structures rather than treating them as small decorative objects. This monumental scale became one of the defining features of her flower paintings.

Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 became especially famous after it sold at auction in 2014 for $44.4 million, including the buyer's premium. That sale established a record at the time for the highest price paid for a painting by a female artist.

The title can cause confusion because O'Keeffe painted many flowers and used numbered subtitles in several series. “Jimson Weed” identifies the plant, while “White Flower No. 1” is the subtitle used for this particular 1932 work.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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