Park and protect rainforests in
Sumatra as well.
"Spider Man" star Tobey McGuire
bagged Sergej Jensen's 2005
"Untitled" consisting of sewn
money bags $262,500 which was
estimated at $70,000-$100,000.
Then DiCaprio snapped up
Takashi Murakami's painting
"Mononoke" for $735,000. The
portrait of DiCaprio by Elizabeth
Peyton reined in over $1 million.
Telling of the interest in the sale,
bidders hailed from 32 countries,
including Russia and Italy, among
others. The funds raised will
support conservation projects
internationally, chosen by a team
that includes environmentalists
Robert F. Kennedy and Philippe
Cousteau, who is the grandson
of the famed undersea explorer
Jacques Cousteau.
Christie's Loic Gouzer aided
DiCaprio in approaching the
artists represented to donate
HYLAND
"We are facing
a tipping
point of
environmental
crisis
unprecedented
in human
history and our
very survival
is dependent
on protecting
nature."
