Who holds the record for the most-expensive painting sold by a female artist?
Frida Kahlo
Joan Mitchell
Louise Bourgeois
Georgia O’Keeffe
Georgia O’Keeffe was an American modernist artist known for her captivating paintings featuring enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and landscapes of New Mexico. A landmark moment in art history unfolded in 2014 when O’Keeffe’s masterpiece, “Jimson Weed/White Flower No.1,” was sold for $44.4 million, securing its place as the most expensive artwork created by a female artist ever sold at auction. This groundbreaking sale eclipsed the previous record set by Joan Mitchell’s painting “Untitled,” which sold earlier that year for $11.9 million.
The correct answer is Georgia O’Keeffe.