What is the title of Georgia O'Keeffe's 1932 painting featuring a large white flower and a black center?

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Georgia O'Keeffe's 1932 painting featuring a large white flower and a black center is titled Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1. The work presents a close-up view of a jimson weed flower against a dark background.

O'Keeffe often enlarged flowers so that viewers had to confront their shapes, folds, and tonal contrasts at an unusual scale. She rejected the idea that her flower paintings should be treated only as symbolic images, emphasizing instead the visual experience of looking closely at nature.

Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 became especially famous after its sale at auction in 2014. The painting sold for $44.4 million, setting a record for the highest price paid at auction for a work by a female artist at that time. It remains one of O'Keeffe's best-known flower paintings.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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