Final tender for Jimson Weed/White Flower No 1 more than doubles the previous highest price paid for a work of art by a womanA painting of a white blossom of a weed,which once hung in George W Bush’s dining room, has set a world record for a work of art by a woman after a bidder paid $44.4m (28m) for the Georgia O’Keeffe piece.
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 unusual York on Thursday.
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Source: theguardian.com