Which Georgia O'Keeffe painting shows a white flower against a dark background and sold for $44.4 million in 2014?

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Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 is the Georgia O'Keeffe painting that sold for $44.4 million in 2014.

O'Keeffe painted the work in 1932, enlarging a single white jimson weed flower so that its trumpet-shaped form fills the composition. The dark background intensifies the flower's pale petals and makes the image appear both botanical and monumental.

The painting was sold at Sotheby's in New York in November 2014 for $44.4 million, including the buyer's premium. At that time, it set a record for the highest auction price paid for a work by a female artist.

The title is often shortened to Jimson Weed, but the complete title includes White Flower No. 1. It is also frequently confused with O'Keeffe's iris paintings, which use similarly enlarged flowers but depict a different plant and series.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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