How much did Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed sell for at auction in 2014?

Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 sold for $44.4 million at auction in 2014. The sale made it the most expensive artwork by a female artist sold at auction at that time.

The 1932 painting presents a large white jimson weed flower against a pale background. O’Keeffe often enlarged flowers so that viewers would notice their shapes and structures rather than treating them as small decorative objects. The painting had been owned by the philanthropist and collector Georgia O’Keeffe Museum founder Elaine Sonn.

The record was later surpassed by other works by women artists, so the historical claim must be tied to the 2014 sale. The work’s title is also written as Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1, distinguishing it from O’Keeffe’s other flower paintings.