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Georgia O'Keeffe
Jimson Weed, 1932
Courtesy of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Jimson Weed, 1932
Oil on canvas, 48 x 40 inches
CR No. 815
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2014.35
1996.1.1
Oil on canvas, 48 x 40 inches
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2014.35
1996.1.1
CR No. 815

Large white flower dominant in center of canvas. Green leaves surrounding flower. Floating in a blue sky background.

CR No. 815

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Jimson Weed

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

White Flower No. 1

Alternate Title

Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1

Source of title: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Selected Exhibition Titles

Jimson Weed
Inaugural Exhibition, 1997, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe)

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946.... No signature. Note: Miss O'Keeffe calls this `Jimson Weed." Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks title 'White Flower No. 2' and associate it with entry no. 10 in 1933 New York (An American Place) exhibition. No. 10 was cat. no. 816. Backing inscriptions dates 1931. Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks 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, see Appendix HI, figure 53. Titled Morning Glory in Woman's Home Companion (September 1938). (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

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. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Anita 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 (Source: Crystal Bridges, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Last verified by current collection 2025

Source System ID

1

Other IDs

815, Catalogue Raisonné