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- Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1
Georgia O'Keeffe
Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
American Art, Lot 11
20. Nov - 20. Nov 2014
American Art, Lot 11
20. Nov - 20. Nov 2014
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Georgia O'Keeffe1887 - 1986
JIMSON WEED/WHITE FLOWER NO. 1
oil on canvas
48 by 40 inches
(121.9 by 101.6 cm)
Painted in 1932.
Anita O'Keeffe Young (the artist's sister), Newport, Rhode Island, before 1966 | Estate of Anita O'Keeffe Young and Robert R. Young Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1985 (sold: Sotheby's, New York, December 3, 1987, lot 7, illustrated) | Kathleen and Gerald Peters, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1987 (acquired at the above sale; sold: Sotheby's, New York, December 1, 1994, lot 83, illustrated) | Private Collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1994 | Gerald Peters
JIMSON WEED/WHITE FLOWER NO. 1
oil on canvas
48 by 40 inches
(121.9 by 101.6 cm)
Painted in 1932.
Anita O'Keeffe Young (the artist's sister), Newport, Rhode Island, before 1966 | Estate of Anita O'Keeffe Young and Robert R. Young Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1985 (sold: Sotheby's, New York, December 3, 1987, lot 7, illustrated) | Kathleen and Gerald Peters, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1987 (acquired at the above sale; sold: Sotheby's, New York, December 1, 1994, lot 83, illustrated) | Private Collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1994 | Gerald Peters
A top price for Georgia O'Keeffe
This artwork by Georgia O'Keeffe achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in November 2014. In the American Art auction, the work Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 sold for USD 44,405,000.00 (€ 35,701,077.34) - well above the upper estimate of USD 15,000,000.00. This high result makes Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 the most expensive artwork by Georgia O'Keeffe that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Georgia O'Keeffe
Dieses Kunstwerk von Georgia O'Keeffe erzielte im November 2014 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Art wurde die Arbeit Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 für USD 44.405.000,00 (€ 35.701.077,34) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 15.000.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Georgia O'Keeffe, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
