Which 1932 Georgia O'Keeffe painting became famous for its large white flower and was once the most expensive artwork by a female artist?

Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 is the 1932 Georgia O'Keeffe painting that became famous for its large white flower.

The painting presents a single jimson weed blossom in close-up, with pale petals filling much of the canvas. O'Keeffe often enlarged flowers so viewers would notice their shapes and details rather than treating them as small decorative objects.

In 2014, the work sold at Sotheby’s for $44.4 million, including fees. That sale made it the most expensive artwork by a female artist at the time. The record was later surpassed by other works, so the historical claim belongs specifically to the 2014 sale.

The painting is sometimes casually called White Flower No. 1, but its full title includes Jimson Weed. The work is now held by the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas.