Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1

Artist Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 - 1986)

Date1932

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions48 × 40 in. (121.9 × 101.6 cm)
Framed: 53 in. × 44 3/4 in. × 2 1/2 in.

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2014.35

Accession number 2014.35

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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
Label TextGeorgia 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.”

Georgia O’Keeffe representó una flor de estramonio a gran escala, recortando estrechamente el encuadre alrededor de ella. A través de este primer plano, el cuadro ofrece una mirada inmersiva a los detalles y ritmos de la naturaleza. Como describió O’Keeffe en una ocasión: “Cuando tomas una flor y la miras de verdad, es tu mundo por un momento. Quiero dar ese mundo a otra persona”.