Georgia O'Keeffe's 1930 painting of a large white flower and dark center is titled White Iris.
O'Keeffe repeatedly painted iris blossoms, using close cropping and enlarged scale to make the flower fill the picture plane. White Iris belongs to her flower paintings, which became some of her most recognizable works during the 1920s and 1930s.
Her flower subjects were often interpreted through the lens of sexuality, especially in writing about her work during her lifetime. O'Keeffe rejected the idea that her paintings should be reduced to Freudian readings and emphasized that she painted flowers because viewers often overlooked their beauty.
White Iris is distinct from Black Iris, a related group of iris paintings. The titles can cause confusion because both works use a close-up floral composition and because O'Keeffe painted numerous versions of flowers in similar formats.