What is the title of Georgia O'Keeffe's 1932 painting of a white flower against a blue sky?

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Georgia O'Keeffe's 1932 painting of a white flower against a blue sky is Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1.

The painting presents a large white jimson weed blossom with a green center, set against a blue background. O'Keeffe's close-up treatment turns the flower into an expansive, almost abstract image. The work demonstrates her characteristic interest in magnification, simplified contours, and carefully controlled color.

The painting became especially famous after it was sold at auction in 2014 for $44.4 million, a record price for a work by a female artist at that time. Its title is sometimes shortened to Jimson Weed, but the full title distinguishes it from other works in O'Keeffe's flower series. It is also not an iris, poppy, or canna, despite the visual similarities among several of her enlarged botanical paintings.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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