Which 1932 Georgia O'Keeffe flower painting set a record as the most expensive work by a female artist in 2014?
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Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1
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Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1
Georgia O'Keeffe's Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 set the record as the most expensive work by a female artist in 2014.
O'Keeffe painted the large white jimson weed flower in 1932. The flower, also called datura, grew near her home in New Mexico and appeared in several of her works. This painting presents a single blossom against a pale background, enlarging its trumpet-like form and emphasizing its sweeping petals.
At a Sotheby’s auction in New York on November 20, 2014, the painting sold for $44.4 million, including the buyer’s premium. It became the highest auction price then paid for a work by a female artist. The record drew renewed attention to O'Keeffe’s importance and to the persistent market gap between male and female artists.
The painting is sometimes shortened to Jimson Weed, but its full title is Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1. It is not the same work as O'Keeffe’s famous 1932 painting connected with the theft and recovery of a Georgia O'Keeffe collection piece.
Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026