What was the title of Georgia O’Keeffe’s 2014 record-setting flower painting?

Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 was Georgia O’Keeffe’s record-setting flower painting.

The 1932 painting shows a large white jimson weed flower against a pale background. In 2014, it sold at Sotheby’s for $44.4 million, making it the most expensive artwork by a female artist sold at auction at that time.

The painting’s record drew worldwide attention to O’Keeffe’s enlarged flower compositions. She often painted flowers at a scale that forced viewers to confront their structure, folds, and tonal changes. Jimson weed is also called datura, a plant known for its trumpet-shaped blooms.

The auction record was later surpassed by other works by women artists, so it should be understood as a 2014 record rather than a permanent ranking. The work remains a major example of O’Keeffe’s ability to turn a natural subject into an imposing modernist image.