The 11th Hour
In May 2013, Christie’s, working with the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, was pleased to present the 11th Hour Auction —the most important wildlife charity sale ever staged— which offered works by many of the world’s preeminent Contemporary artists, many of whom created works specifically for this cause.
The sale achieved $38,827,000 and established 13 new world auction records, with 9 works of art selling for more than one million dollars. An anonymous donor also contributed $5 million to match the prices realized for the three tiger paintings in the sale, which were by Zeng Fanzhi, Robert Longo and Takashi Murakami, in order to specifically protect the animals. The monetary contributions of a number of other donors during the sale totaled an additional $500,000.
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Price realised
Pre-Sale Estimate: $12,505,000 – 18,100,000
Total Price Realised: $38,827,000 (100% sold)
About the Charity
The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation is dedicated to protecting the planet’s last wild places and fostering a harmonious relationship between humanity and the natural world. Since 1998, the Foundation has been working on pressing environmental and humanitarian issues through grant making, campaigning and media projects.