What was the name of Georgia O'Keeffe’s 1932 painting of a datura flower?

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Georgia O'Keeffe’s 1932 painting of a datura flower was Jimson Weed.

The work is also known as Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1. It presents a large white datura blossom against a blue background, magnifying the flower so that its trumpet form fills much of the composition.

O'Keeffe painted flowers at monumental scale throughout her career. She explained that people often overlooked flowers because they were small, so she enlarged them to make viewers look carefully. This approach created paintings that were recognizable as flowers while also functioning as abstract compositions.

The title refers to jimson weed, a common name for datura. It is not the same painting as Red Canna or Black Iris. In 2014, the work sold for $44.4 million at auction, setting a record for the most expensive artwork by a female artist at that time.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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