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Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1
Georgia O’Keeffe depicted a jimson weed flower at a massive scale, cropping tightly around her subject. Through this close focus, the painting offers an immersive look into the details and rhythms of nature. As O’Keeffe once described, “When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else.”
ArtistGeorgia O'Keeffe(1887-1986)
Date1932
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions53 x 44 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2014.35
ClassificationPainting
ProvenanceAnita O’Keeffe Young [1891-1985] (Artist’s sister), Newport, RI, before 1966; Estate of Anita O’Keeffe Young and Robert R. Young Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, 1985; to (Sotheby’s, New York, NY), December 3, 1987, lot 7; purchased by Gerald P. Peters and Kathleen K. Peters, Santa Fe, NM, 1987; to (Sotheby’s, New York, NY), December 1, 1994, lot 83; purchased by Private Collection, Santa Fe, NM, 1994; (Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM); purchased by Burnett Foundation, Fort Worth, TX; given to Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM, 1996; to (Sotheby’s, New York, NY), November 20, 2014, sale N09229, lot 11; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2014
On ViewYes
This artwork's face covers about 325× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.
