What is the title of Georgia O'Keeffe's 1932 painting that became the world's most expensive female artwork in 2014?

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Georgia O'Keeffe's 1932 painting Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 became the world's most expensive artwork by a female artist in 2014. Sotheby's sold it in New York for $44.4 million, including fees.

The painting presents a large white jimson weed flower against a pale background. O'Keeffe often enlarged flowers so that viewers had to confront their forms closely, although she rejected the idea that every flower painting should be read as a direct symbol of female sexuality.

Its auction record was a market milestone, but it did not make the work O'Keeffe's only important flower painting. Black Iris III, Red Canna, and many other botanical compositions remain central to her legacy. The 2014 sale record was later surpassed in the wider art market by other works, but the result remains a landmark in the history of women artists at auction.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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