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Christie’s First Abu Dhabi Auction Totals $8.94 Million and Sets Nine Records

2. November 2026 by sl1 - Assistant de galerie
Bright comic of a smiling auctioneer and young Gulf collectors raising paddles next to a colourful hexagon mirror artwork, Abu Dhabi marina at sunset

MAWASIM, Christie’s first fine-art auction in Abu Dhabi, made $8.94 million on 1 November, led by Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian’s Variations on the Hexagon at $844,800.

Categories Art Market Tags Abu Dhabi, auction records, Christie’s, Fahrelnissa Zeid, Mawasim, Middle Eastern art, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Samia Halaby

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