Which 1936 Georgia O’Keeffe painting features a large white flower against a dark background?

Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 is Georgia O’Keeffe’s 1936 painting of a large white flower.

The work shows a single jimson weed flower enlarged so that its trumpet-shaped petals dominate the canvas. O’Keeffe often magnified flowers because she believed people did not take time to notice them. Enlargement made small natural forms impossible to overlook.

The painting came from flowers growing near her home in New Mexico. Its simple composition and sharply defined petals demonstrate her ability to turn a botanical subject into a near-abstract design.

Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 became especially famous after it sold at auction in 2014 for $44.4 million, including fees. It was then reported as the highest price paid for a painting by a female artist. The title is sometimes shortened to Jimson Weed, but the full title identifies the work precisely.