Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Prologue 1
5. Mark Rothko and the Inner World 5
6. Ceci n’est pas un frigo 40
7. The Quiet Dominance of Form 52
8. The Tyranny of Size 80
9. The Artist’s Reality: Mark Rothko’s Crystal Ball 94
10. Stacked 112
11. The Rothko Chapel: Our Voices in the Silence 120
12. The Seagram Murals: The Epic and the Myth 131
13. Untitled 157
14. Mark Rothko and Music 167
15. Rothkos’ Humor 183
16. The Mastery of the ’60s 196
17. Black and Grey 207
18. Works on Paper: Outside the Box 217
19. Van Gogh’s Ear 234
20. Return to Dvinsk via Daugavpils 250
21. Mell-Ecstatic 262
22. MR & CHR 271
23. Notes 289
24. Index 294
25. Illustrations and Credits 300