Georgia O'Keeffe’s Jimson Weed sold for a record $44.4 million in 2014.
The 1932 painting, formally titled Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1, was sold at Sotheby’s in New York on November 20, 2014. Its price was $44.405 million, making it the most expensive painting by a female artist sold at auction at that time.
The result drew attention not only to O'Keeffe’s importance in American modernism but also to the longstanding imbalance between prices for works by male and female artists. The painting had previously belonged to the collection of philanthropist David Rockefeller and his wife, Peggy.
The record was later surpassed by another work by a woman artist, so the 2014 result should be understood as a record at that date rather than a permanent all-time ranking. The auction price is also often rounded to $44.4 million.