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Contacted at his New York City home last night, Rothko said that he had agreed to do the murals only on the grounds that they be accepted without payment. "This is the first time I have been able to deliver commissioned work that I am satisfied with," he said. None of his work has ever been displayed at Harvard before...
Leontief asked Rothko to do the murals last in 1961, when Holyoke Center was being completed, because he felt that "the University lacked real modern art." Rothko agreed to accept the commission after he had surveyed the room and conferred with several college officials...
...paintings--each about 10 feet square--were first tried in the room early last spring. At Rothko's request. Harvard then loaned them to the Guggenheim Museum in New York, where they were exhibited for about two months...
Coolidge pointed out that it took considerable renovation of the dining room to meet Rothko's specifications. The oak-panelled walls had to be covered with green material, and new lighting developed. Rothko was in Cambridge Thursday to supervise the finishing touches...
...Rothko's conditions was that the public be allowed to view the paintings as much as possible. The dining hall is a private one which was always kept locked previously, and there is a charge of $50-$100 for groups that wish to use its services. Coolidge said it would be some time before students would be able to view the murals, since security measures must first be taken...