Visitors are invited to submit secrets at
an obelisk above a grave.
Made of steel, it consists of two parts — converted
obelisk above the pyramid, connected at a surface of only two and quarter inches.
Not exact matches
Above the base rises a geometrically chamfered glass
obelisk consisting of elongated isosceles triangles alternately pointing upward or downward.
The atrium soars six stories, with Barnett Newman's Broken
Obelisk in the center, like an exclamation point, aimed at the skylight
above.
Richard Pousette - Dart Untitled c. 1966 Provenance Joan Sonnabend (
Obelisk Gallery) Boston MA Private collection, Boston (Purchased c. 1974 from the
above)
For art lovers, many of whom drift down the street from the Menil Collection, the chapel is the place to see Barnett Newman's Broken
Obelisk - the big sculpture in the outdoor reflecting pond - and the 14 paintings by Mark Rothko that, depending on how you look at them: a) are hardly anything but big black rectangles; b) foretold the painter's suicide; c) were Rothko's crowning achievement; or d) any or all of the
above.
The base of the 555 - foot - tall (169 - meter - tall)
obelisk is currently 30 feet (9 meters)
above sea level.
Obelisk, which was founded in 2010 by former Linklaters lawyer Dana Denis - Smith (pictured
above), has a 1,000 - strong pool of flexible lawyers drawn from magic circle and other City law firms.