Which 1927 Georgia O’Keeffe painting is known for its enormous red and yellow poppies?

Georgia O’Keeffe’s 1927 painting of enormous red and yellow poppies is titled Oriental Poppies.

The oil painting presents two oversized Oriental poppy blossoms against a dark background. Their enlarged scale and saturated colors exemplify O’Keeffe’s approach to flower painting: she isolated natural forms and made viewers confront their structure, color, and visual power.

Oriental Poppies is in the collection of the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota. It is often mentioned with O’Keeffe’s Red Canna and iris paintings, but the titles refer to different flowers and compositions. The work also reflects her broader interest in making small or familiar natural forms appear monumental.