What 1932 Georgia O'Keeffe painting set a record for the highest price paid for a painting by a woman in 2014?

Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 set the record in 2014 for the highest price paid at auction for a painting by a woman.

O'Keeffe painted the work in 1932. It presents a large white jimson weed flower against a dark background, using close-up scale and simplified form to make an ordinary Southwestern plant visually monumental. The painting belonged to the collection of philanthropist and art collector David Rockefeller.

At Sotheby’s in New York on November 20, 2014, it sold for $44.4 million, including the buyer’s premium. That result surpassed the previous auction record for a work by a female artist and drew renewed attention to O'Keeffe’s market importance.

The painting’s title is sometimes shortened to Jimson Weed, but the complete title includes White Flower No. 1. The auction record concerns a public sale price, not every possible private transaction.