O’Keeffe sets $39.5m female artist record
New York has witnessed some spectacular auction prices of late and another came last week as ‘Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1’ by Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) was knocked down at $39.5m (£26.3m) at Sotheby’s American art sale.
The sale hit the headlines since the price was not just a six-times record for the artist but was al…