Georgia O'Keeffe
1887-1986 · American · American Modernism, Precisionism
Auction record: $44.41M
Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1, 1932 · Sotheby's, New York · Nov 20, 2014
Source: hyperallergic.com
Biography
Georgia O'Keeffe was a pioneer of American modernism. Promoted from 1916 by the photographer and dealer Alfred Stieglitz, whom she married, she became famous for magnified flowers, New York skyscrapers and, after settling in New Mexico, bleached bones, adobe architecture and desert landscapes. Her work balances abstraction and observation and helped define an independent American art. Supply of top paintings is limited because many are held by museums, including the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe. In November 2014 Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 (1932) sold for 44.4 million dollars at Sotheby's New York, then the record for any woman artist, and in November 2025 a 1927 leaf painting brought 7.9 million dollars.
Recent auction results
| Large Dark Red Leaves on WhiteSotheby's, New York | $7.86M | Nov 20, 2025 | heni.com |
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Market
- Liquidity: Medium
Museums
- Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe
- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Sources
- Hyperallergic, 44M O'Keeffe painting
- HENI News, Sotheby's Modern Evening Auction November 2025
- NPR, Frida Kahlo painting breaks records
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