Identity area
Reference code
CJA-REV-2
Title
Designs with Ian Hamilton Finlay, 200 Year French Revolution (Miscellany)
Date(s)
- 1986 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 folder
Context area
Name of creator
(1939-2019)
Biographical history
Charles Jencks was born on 21 June 1939 in Baltimore, Maryland. His parents were Gardner Jencks, a pianist and composer, and Ruth (nee DeWitt Pearl). He took at BA in English Literature at Harvard University (1961) and then a BA and MA at Harvard Graduate School of Design (1965) He received a PhD from London University in 1970 for his thesis "Modern architecture: the tradition since 1945" which led to a series of articles in Arena and to the publication Modern Movements in Architecture (1972). From 1961 to 1973 he was married to Pamela Balding and had two sons, Justin and Cosmo. He married Maggie Keswick Jencks and had two children, John and Lily. Maggie died in 1995. In 2006 he married Louisa Lane Fox . He died on 13 October 2019.
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Contents of a folder labelled 'Designs with Ian Hamilton Finlay, 200 Year French Revolution (Miscellany)'
Includes:
-pencil drawing on tracing paper of a pyramid structure 1:50 scale
-A4 photocopies of the pyramid structure drawing
-A3 paper with variations on pyramids drawn in pencil and labelled [folded]
-A3 pencil on tracing paper plan of a courtyard garden with notes on the symbolism behind different aspects of the design. Signed Ian Hamilton Finlay and Charles Jencks.
-A3 pencil on tracing paper elevation drawing of a building with arches labelled 'Equality, fraternity, liberty', and plan drawing of stones inscribed with the names of french revolutionaries.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- French