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Hirst donates art for 150th anniversary of the Red Cross

Artworks designed by artists Damien Hirst, Marc Jacobs and Annie Leibovitz are set to raise as much as £225,000 today for the Red Cross campaign to fight malnutrition in Niger.

The three designs, offered with their original drawings, will be auctioned for Louis Vuitton at a private dinner for 100 guests hosted by Sotheby’s in London.

Other designs being sold in the same auction were created by musician and composer Gustavo Santaolalla, chef Ferran Adria and Patrick-Louis Vuitton. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, the world’s largest maker of luxury goods, said the items had been crafted at Vuitton’s first workshop at Asnieres, France, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Red Cross.

Hirst came up with a portable butterfly-decorated cabinet containing drawers for surgical instruments. The black leather case is expected to fetch up to £80,000 said Sotheby’s.

Fashion designer Jacobs contributed a monogrammed leather and brass traveling home for his bull terriers, Daisy and Alfred, complete with a signed personalized dog cushion. This is valued at £25,000 to £35,000, while Leibovitz’s design for a photographer’s backpack has an estimate of £15,000 to £20,000.

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