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In 1964 Rothko was commissioned by John and Dominique de Menil (also founders of the nearby Menil Collection ) to create a meditative space filled with his paintings. The works are site-specific, one of the requirements of the program. As Rothko was given creative license on the design of the structure he clashed with the project's original architect, Philip Johnson over the plans for the chapel. The plans went through several revisions and architects. Rothko continued to work first with Howard Barnstone and then with Eugene Aubry , but ultimately he did not live to see the chapel's completion in 1971 . After a long struggle with depression, Rothko committed suicide by cutting his wrists in his New York studio on February 25, 1970. A distinctive sculpture by Barnett Newman , '' Broken Obelisk '', faces the front of the chapel. The sculpture sits in a reflecting pool in front of the chapel and it is dedicated to the late Martin Luther King, Jr. On September 16, 2000 the Rothko Chapel was placed on the National Register Of Historic Places . One of Morton Feldman 's best known pieces of music was inspired by and written to be performed in the chapel - it too is called ''Rothko Chapel'' (1971). EXTERNAL LINKS |
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