Which O'Keeffe painting became the first artwork by a woman to sell for more than $44 million at auction?

Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 became the first artwork by a woman to sell for more than $44 million at auction.

Georgia O'Keeffe painted Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 in 1932. The large white jimson weed flower is shown in close-up against a dark background, a format that magnifies the plant’s trumpet-like shape. The painting sold at Sotheby’s in New York in 2014 for $44.4 million, setting a record for an artwork by a female artist at auction at that time.

The work had been owned by the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, which sold it to support acquisitions and preserve the institution’s broader collection. The sale attracted attention not only because of the price but also because it challenged the historical undervaluation of women artists in the art market.

The title is sometimes shortened to Jimson Weed, but the catalogued title includes White Flower No. 1. It is distinct from O'Keeffe’s Black Iris III, Red Canna, and Oriental Poppies.