Jimson Weed (painting) - Wikipedia
Jimson Weed is an oil on linen painting by American artist Georgia O'Keeffe from 1936, located in the Indianapolis Museum of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana. It depicts four large blossoms of jimson weed.
Jimson Weed, 1936 by Georgia O'Keeffe
In 1936, cosmetics executive Elizabeth Arden commissioned O'Keeffe to paint Jimson Weed to hang in the exercise room of the new Arden Sports Salon in New York. The result was the largest of O'Keeffe's flower paintings.
Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1, 1932 by Georgia O'Keeffe
Jimson Weed, White Flower No. 1, depicts one of O'Keeffe's favorite subjects: a magnified flower. To her, the delicate blooms stood as some of the most overlooked pieces of naturally occurring beauty, objects that the bustling contemporary world ignored.
Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 | History, Description, & Facts
Jimson Weed/White Floer No. 1, oil painting created in 1932 by pioneering American artist Georgia O’Keeffe. The painting, which hung for several years in the private dining room at the White House, set a record price for a work by a female artist in 2014.
Jimson Weed - Georgia O'Keeffe
5 days ago · Jimson Weed is a painting by the late American artist Georgia O'Keeffe. Elizabeth Arden commissioned the work to go in the Gymnasium Moderne of her Fifth Avenue Salon, New York City. It was completed in 1936 and is now located in the Indianapolis Museum of …
Georgia O'Keeffe and the $44 Million Jimson Weed - JSTOR Daily
Dec 1, 2014 · A 1932 painting of Jimson weed by American artist Georgia O’Keeffe has sold at auction, following a bidding war that resulted in a record-breaking price of $44 million—quadruple the original estimate that the picture was expected to bring.
Jimson Weed - The Indianapolis Museum of Art Collection
Mar 1, 2015 · Jimson weed, a desert plant that bloomed in the cool evening hours, thrived in the territory near O’Keeffe’s house in Abiquiu, New Mexico. Cosmetic entrepreneur Elizabeth Arden commissioned O’Keeffe to paint Jimson Weed for the exercise room of her Fifth Avenue Salon in …
16 of the Most Famous Paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe
Mar 10, 2019 · One of Keeffe’s magnificent flower paintings, this one depicts four large jimson weed blossoms in the shape of a pinwheel. Simplified colors teamed with a rhythmic play of light and shade enhances the freshness of the flowers.
Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1, 1932 - Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Large white flower dominant in center of canvas. Green leaves surrounding flower. Floating in a blue sky background. Backing inscriptions dates 1931. WA, DA, AN date 1932. Dated 1932 on basis of inclusion in 1933 New York (An American Place) exhibition and Stieglitz—O'Keeffe correspondence; pictured in Stieglitz installation photograph.
World’s Most Expensive Painting by a Woman Goes on Display ... - Observer
Mar 25, 2015 · It is Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1. Mrs. Walton paid $44.4 million for the oversize (48″ by 40″) 1932 portrait of a flower at a Sotheby’s auction in November.