Which institution owns Georgia O'Keeffe’s painting Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 after its 2014 sale?

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art owns Georgia O'Keeffe’s Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 after its 2014 sale.

The 1932 painting became widely known when it sold at Sotheby’s in 2014 for $44.4 million. Alice Walton purchased the work for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, which is located in Bentonville, Arkansas. The acquisition brought a major O'Keeffe painting into a museum collection focused on American art.

The sale attracted exceptional attention because it set a record for a work by a female artist at auction at that time. The painting’s large white flower, simplified form, and pale field exemplify O'Keeffe’s best-known approach to natural subjects.

The ownership question is separate from the selling venue: Sotheby’s conducted the auction, while Crystal Bridges became the institution associated with the painting afterward. It is also distinct from the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe.