Which painting sold for $44.4 million at auction in 2014, setting a record for an artwork by a female artist?

Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 sold for $44.4 million at auction in 2014.

O'Keeffe painted the large white jimson weed flower in 1932. The work was sold at Sotheby's in New York in November 2014 for $44.405 million, including the buyer's premium. At that time, it set an auction record for a work by a female artist.

The painting came from the collection of the philanthropist and art collector Georgia O'Keeffe Museum founder, the artist's husband, and later private collectors. Its sale drew attention to both O'Keeffe's importance and the historic underrepresentation of women in top art-market results.

The record was later surpassed by other works, so the 2014 figure is a historical auction record, not a permanent all-time record. The title is sometimes shortened to Jimson Weed, but the catalog title includes White Flower No. 1.