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November 21, 2014

O'Keeffe painting sells for $44.4M

NEW YORK (AP) — A Georgia O'Keeffe painting of a simple white flower has sold for $44.4 million, more than triple the previous auction record for a work by a female artist.

Sotheby's New York says the 1932 painting, “Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1,” sold Thursday during the auction house's sale of American art.


 
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