In describing Lot #11 of today’s American Art Auction at Sotheby’s, the program reads: “In Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 (from 1932), O’Keeffe transforms the poisonous into the sublime.”
When the bidding was over, the amount on the board was $39,500,000 ($44,400,000, with fees for Sotheby’s).
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