Georgia O’Keeffe's Jimson Weed/White Flower No 1 set a new auction record for any female artist when Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art bought it for $44.4 million at Sotheby’s in May 2014. Setting a record for highest auctioned art piece created by a woman.
Jimson Weed/White Flower No 1 by Georgia O’Keeffe
"the wideness and wonder of the world as I live in it."
Georgia O’Keeffe at work
Challenging weather conditions wouldn't stop her paining , contending with strong rain, wearing gloves in the cold, and rigging tents with tarps. She went camping and rafting even in her 70’s.
Portrait of Georgia Georgia O’Keeffe by Alfred Stieglitz
I found I could say things with colour and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.
I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.
Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.
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