Which Georgia O’Keeffe painting became the highest-priced artwork by a female artist at auction in 2014?

Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 became the highest-priced artwork by a female artist at auction in 2014.

The 1932 painting depicts a large white jimson weed flower against a dark background. It sold at Sotheby’s in New York on November 20, 2014, for $44.4 million, including the buyer’s premium.

The purchase set an auction record for a work by a female artist at that time. The buyer was the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, founded by Alice Walton, and the painting entered the museum’s collection in Bentonville, Arkansas.

This record concerns an auction price, not every possible sale or the overall value of O’Keeffe’s work. It is also distinct from the better-known title Jimson Weed, which can refer broadly to the subject or to other versions and related floral works.