Which Georgia O’Keeffe flower painting was inspired by a flower from her New Mexico garden and painted in 1932?

Georgia O’Keeffe painted Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 in 1932 after being inspired by a jimson weed flower from her New Mexico garden. The work presents a single white bloom at monumental scale against a dark background.

O’Keeffe repeatedly enlarged flowers so that their structures filled the canvas. She said that people often did not take time to look closely at flowers, and her scale encouraged viewers to notice forms they might otherwise overlook.

Jimson weed, also called Datura, is a poisonous plant with trumpet-shaped flowers. The painting’s title identifies the subject without reducing it to a generalized “white flower,” although the image is often discussed as an example of O’Keeffe’s flower paintings more broadly.

The work gained additional fame when it sold for $44.4 million at Sotheby’s in 2014. That result made it the most expensive work by a female artist sold at auction at the time, connecting a quiet garden subject with a major art-market record.