A floral painting by the late US painter Georgia O'Keeffe has broken the record for the most expensive piece of artwork by a woman.
The artwork, which was sold for 44.4m dollars at an auction, smashed the previous record set by Joan Mitchell's untitled work of 11.9m dollars, the BBC reported.
O'Keeffe, who died in 1986 at the age of 98, was celebrated for her large-format depictions of flowers which she painted as if they had been seen in close-up.
Her Jimson Weed/White Flower No 1 was offered at auction by the O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
