Black Iris is the 1926 Georgia O'Keeffe painting depicting a close-up of a flower's interior.
O'Keeffe painted Black Iris in 1926, enlarging the flower so that its dark central folds fill the composition. The painting is an oil on canvas and demonstrates her practice of magnifying natural forms until they become nearly abstract.
Flower paintings became among her best-known works, but O'Keeffe rejected the idea that they should be read only as symbolic images. She repeatedly emphasized close looking and the visual experience of the flower's shapes, colors, and edges.
Black Iris is sometimes confused with her other enlarged flower paintings, including Red Canna and Oriental Poppies. Its dark, almost black central area and the title Black Iris distinguish it from those works.