Which artist painted the 1932 work Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1?

Georgia O'Keeffe painted Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 in 1932.

The work is a large-scale depiction of a white jimson weed blossom. O'Keeffe enlarged flowers so dramatically that viewers encountered them almost like abstract landscapes, with petals, folds, and shadows filling the picture surface. This approach helped make her flower paintings among the most recognizable images in American modernism.

The title gives both a common plant name and a descriptive subtitle, which can cause confusion with her many other flower works. O'Keeffe painted numerous lilies, irises, poppies, and other blossoms, but this particular canvas is identified by the paired title Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1.

The painting later became famous beyond art history because of its 2014 auction. Its record price renewed public attention to O'Keeffe's treatment of flowers, although the painting's importance also rests on its composition, scale, and place in her career.