Georgia O'Keeffe's Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 sold for $44.4 million at auction in 2014. The sale made it the most expensive work by a female artist sold at auction at that time.
The 1932 painting presents a large white jimson weed flower against a dark background. Its enlarged scale and carefully controlled forms exemplify O'Keeffe's practice of making viewers look closely at subjects that might otherwise be overlooked.
The work was sold by Sotheby's in New York and was purchased by Walmart heiress Alice Walton. It entered the collection of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas.
The record was later surpassed by other works by women artists, so the 2014 claim is historically specific. The sale price also refers to the auction result, not an estimate or a general valuation of all O'Keeffe paintings.