Which Georgia O’Keeffe painting sold for about $44.4 million in 2014, setting an auction record for an artwork by a woman?

Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 sold for about $44.4 million in 2014, setting an auction record for an artwork by a woman. The painting is a large, closely framed depiction of a white jimson weed flower against a pale background.

O’Keeffe painted the work in 1932. Its scale and simplified structure exemplify her practice of enlarging natural forms so viewers had to confront their shape, edges, and tonal changes.

The 2014 sale took place at Sotheby’s in New York, where the work was bought by the collector and philanthropist Alice Walton. The price exceeded the previous auction record for a female artist and drew renewed attention to O’Keeffe’s market significance.

The title is sometimes shortened to Jimson Weed, but the full catalog title includes White Flower No. 1. It should not be confused with her related flower paintings titled Black Iris or Red Canna.