Which Georgia O'Keeffe painting became the subject of a 2014 auction record for a female artist?

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The Georgia O'Keeffe painting associated with the 2014 auction record was Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1.

O'Keeffe painted the large white jimson weed blossom in 1932. The flower came from the New Mexico environment that increasingly shaped her subject matter after she began spending extended periods there.

At Sotheby's in New York in November 2014, the painting sold for about $44.4 million. That sale made it the most expensive artwork by a female artist at auction at the time, a record that drew renewed attention to O'Keeffe's importance in American modernism.

The work is sometimes confused with her many paintings of irises, poppies, and cannas. Its title identifies the specific flower and distinguishes it from those other enlarged floral compositions.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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