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#OTD in 2014, Georgia O'Keeffe's 1932 painting, Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1, sold for $44.4 million. The record for the highest price paid for a painting by a woman. #art #AmericanModerism

However, the O'Keeffe painting's record may fall...this very night (1/2).

Split image. Left: A black-and-white portrait of artist Georgia O'Keeffe and right: a colorful painting of a large white flower. The black-and-white photograph shows O'Keeffe from the chest up, gazing off to the side with her dark hair pulled back. She is wearing a dark top. The painting on the right is titled Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 (1932), one of O'Keeffe's most famous works. It is an oil on canvas painting that fills the frame with a magnified view of a white jimson weed blossom set against lush green leaves and a blue background. The flower is highly detailed with ruffled edges, emphasizing its natural beauty and form.

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    Huck Mucus @huckmucus.bsky.social

    After 26 years, we finally had to cut down two Juniper trees, who's shade was causing a water line to freeze. Up popped a Jimson Weed, in all its glory. Awesome plant with awesome flowers. Someone (deer?), after it had run its course, ate all but the seed pods. We looked for a whacko, but none.

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    Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social

    Tonight, Frida Kahlo's El sueño (La cama)--The Dream (The Bed)--will be auctioned and Sotheby's estimates it will sell for between $40 & $60 million. New record? Stay tuned. #art #MagicRealism

    Split-image tribute to Frida Kahlo. Left: Black-and-white portrait of a young Frida Kahlo, her dark hair pulled back and up, wearing large dangling earrings, multiple necklaces, and a dark rebozo draped over her shoulders. She gazes directly at the camera with her signature intense, unflinching expression. Right: Her painting El sueño (La cama)--The Dream (The Bed)--Kahlo lies on her side, asleep, under a yellow blanket. Her brown-black hair is down, and green vines and leaves are wrapped around her and the blanket, signifying life and renewal. A large, white skeleton, which is life-sized for the bed, rests on its side above Kahlo on the canopy of the bed. Wires and explosives are wrapped around the skeleton, and it holds a bouquet of flowers. This contrasts with the vines on Kahlo, suggesting the intertwining of life and death. The skeleton is a papier-mâché one, similar to one Kahlo had in real life.
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