In 1967 Warhol was commissioned by the Texas art patrons Jean and Dominique de Menil to produce a series of religious films of sunsets for a chapel at the 1968 San Antonio Hemisfair. Although this project was never completed to Warhol’s satisfaction, this particular sunset film was shown publicly as one of the reels of **** (Four Stars) in December 1967. Warhol’s film of a California sunset, which is accompanied by an added soundtrack of Nico intoning her own poetry, bears a marked resemblance to the paintings of Mark Rothko, whose chapel in Houston was also commissioned by the de Menils.