Which Georgia O’Keeffe painting sold for a record price at auction in 2014?

Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 sold for a record price at auction in 2014.

The 1932 painting shows a large white jimson weed flower against a dark background. Its close-up composition magnifies the trumpet-shaped bloom and demonstrates O’Keeffe’s interest in presenting natural forms at an unusually large scale.

At a Sotheby’s auction in New York in November 2014, the work sold for $44.4 million, including the buyer’s premium. That result made it the most expensive painting by a female artist sold at auction at the time. The record was later surpassed by other works.

The title can be confused with O’Keeffe’s other flower paintings, including Black Iris and Red Canna. Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 is specifically the work associated with the 2014 auction record.