Which 1927 Georgia O'Keeffe painting features two enormous red poppies?

Oriental Poppies is Georgia O'Keeffe’s 1927 painting of two enormous red poppies.

The painting presents two large oriental poppy blooms in intense reds, oranges, and dark centers. O'Keeffe enlarged flowers so dramatically that the viewer encounters them almost as abstract shapes rather than as small botanical details. This approach became one of the most recognizable features of her work.

O'Keeffe repeatedly explained that people often overlooked flowers because they were small and ordinary. By making them large, she encouraged viewers to look closely. Her flower paintings are frequently described as symbolic or sexual, but she rejected the idea that they should be reduced to a single interpretation.

Oriental Poppies is sometimes mixed up with Red Canna, another large flower painting by O'Keeffe. The titles refer to different flowers. Oriental poppies have distinctive dark centers and broad, papery petals, while canna paintings depict the ruffled blooms of the canna plant.