Although the attempted sale of Richard Neutra’s 1946 Kaufmann House at Christie’s in May 2008 raised some eyebrows for being included in a sale of contemporary art, Christie’s head of 20th Century decorative art and design defended the decision as being a logical choice. At the time, Joshua Holdeman said : “With an object like this, that people respond to in a visceral way, the decision to put it into the evening art sale indicates our belief that it is as important as the other objects on offer.”
