Which 1932 Georgia O'Keeffe painting depicts a flower later identified as a jimson weed?

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The 1932 Georgia O'Keeffe painting depicting a jimson weed is Jimson Weed, also known as Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1.

O'Keeffe painted the large white flower in 1932, during a period when flowers were among her best-known subjects. She enlarged individual blossoms so that viewers had to confront their shapes, folds, and tonal transitions at a scale unlike ordinary botanical observation.

The work is associated with the plant Datura stramonium, commonly called jimson weed or white datura. The flower’s beauty contrasts with the plant’s toxicity, a fact that adds botanical interest but does not turn the painting into a symbolic warning. O'Keeffe often resisted fixed interpretations of her flower paintings.

The title is sometimes shortened to Jimson Weed, while museum and auction records may use the fuller title Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1. Both names refer to the same 1932 painting.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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