Jimson Weed (painting) Jimson Weed is an oil on linen painting by American artist Georgia O'Keeffe from 1936, located in the Indianapolis Museum of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana. It depicts four large blossoms of jimson weed.
Jimson Weed, O'Keeffe, 1936, Indianapolis Museum of Art
A 1932 painting of Jimson weed by American artist Georgia O'Keeffe has sold at auction, following a bidding war that resulted in a record-breaking price of $44 million—quadruple the original estimate that the picture was expected to bring. Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1, which measures 48 x 40 inches, was purchased by an anonymous buyer. Jimson Weed is a painting by the late American artist Georgia O'Keeffe. Elizabeth Arden commissioned the work to go in the Gymnasium Moderne of her Fifth Avenue Salon, New York City. It was completed in 1936 and is now located in the Indianapolis Museum of Art in Indianapolis. Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1, by Geogia O'Keefe, held by the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, U.S. (more) Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1, oil painting created in 1932 by pioneering American artist Georgia O'Keeffe. The 1932 painting Jimson Weed/White Flower No 1 fetched more than three times the auction estimate of $10m-$15m when it was sold at Sotheby's in New York on Thursday.
Jimson Weed by OKeeffe copy by Jane Painting by Nila Jane Autry
Jimson Weed/ White Flower No. 1 (1932, oil on canvas) is one of the iconic flower images for which O'Keeffe became famous. Rendered in large scale (48 x 40 inches), Jimson Weed evidences the close-up detail and dramatic, photographic framing that became one of her signature styles. In 1936, cosmetics executive Elizabeth Arden commissioned O'Keeffe to paint Jimson Weed to hang in the exercise room of the new Arden Sports Salon in New York. The result was the largest of O'Keeffe's flower paintings. The artist placed the four blossoms in an exuberant design that repeats the tight rhythm of the pinwheel-shaped plant. Directed by: Meryam Joobeur. Written by: Meryam Joobeur. Produced by: Maria Gracia Turgeon, Habib Attia. Mohamed is deeply shaken when his oldest son Malik returns home after a long journey with a mysterious new wife. 'Jimson Weed' was created in 1932 by Georgia O'Keeffe in Precisionism style. Find more prominent pieces of flower painting. Jimson Weed is an oil on linen painting by American artist Georgia O'Keeffe from 1936, located in the Indianapolis Museum of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana. It depicts four large blossoms of jimson weed.
Jimson Weed The Art Institute of Chicago
Jimson Weed, 1932 Georgia O'Keeffe Background Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) grew up on a farm in Wisconsin with six brothers and sisters. She studied painting in traditional styles at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York. Jimson weed, a desert plant that bloomed in the cool evening hours, thrived in the territory near O'Keeffe's house in Abiquiu, New Mexico. Cosmetic entrepreneur Elizabeth Arden commissioned O'Keeffe to paint Jimson Weed for the exercise room of her Fifth Avenue Salon in New York.
Making Sense Of Jimson Weed: On Dropping $44 Million And Seeing Like O'keeffe The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Presents… Acclaimed Louisiana Blues Guitarist, Tab Benoit In it, a palette of cream, buttermilk, ochre, sage, rust and deep, dry green gives form to the cliffs. A towering clay escarpment rests on warm, fleshy folds, Jimson Weed, White Flower No. 1, depicts one of O'Keeffe's favorite subjects: a magnified flower. To her, the delicate blooms stood as some of the most overlooked pieces of naturally occurring beauty, objects that the bustling contemporary world ignored.
Jimson Weed by O'Keeffe Digital Art by Spencer McKain
Datura stramonium, known by the common names thorn apple, jimsonweed ( jimson weed ), devil's snare, or devil's trumpet, [2] is a poisonous flowering plant of the nightshade family Solanaceae. It is a species belonging to the Datura genus and Daturae tribe. [3] O'Keeffe depicted jimson weeds in her artwork several times. This painting was originally a series of three separate pieces brought together as one whole painting. A sort of floral triptych or movable mural, if you will. At 6x7ft, Jimson Weed was the largest artwork she had ever completed at the time.
