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CJA-TCH-b-33 · File · 1984-1985
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled 'Thematic House: Articles & Publicity'.

Includes:
-b&w photographs of Charles sitting at the Sun table and chairs in Summer, stamped on reverse ' Copyright: The Guardian'
-news cutting and photocopies of an article by Martin Pawley in Arts Guardian on the house, with a covering letter to Johnny Grey
-proposal to Channel 4 for a television programme by Georgina Denison
-typescript letter from Mark Girouard enclosing a draft article on Jencks' houses in Santa Monica and London and a copy reply from Charles
-list of slides and image captions
-correspondence with magazines regarding potential articles including World of Interiors, Architectural Digest, Harpers & Queen, House & Garden and Archi-Créé.

CJA-TCH-b-34 · File · [1984-1987]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder relating to the publication of images of the Thematic House.

Includes:
-b&w polaroid photographs of Spring
-colour slide of Spring
-colour slide annotated 'Dallas Reunion Hotel interior'
-colour transparency of the Cosmic Loo
-colour transparencies with tracing paper wrappers marked up for publication
-colour transparency of the Moonwell
-letter from John Calmann & King regarding images for Robert Stern's Modern Classicism' and 'Design' by Philip Rawson
-letter from Belgische Radio en Televisie thanking Charles for his contribution to the television show 'Island' and enclosing slides by Johan Thielemans
-letter from Richard Bryant enclosing xeroxes of the photographs of the house with reference numbers and discussion of magazine articles
-photocopies of photographs of the Thematic House with reference numbers
-colour slides of the Time Garden
-colour transparencies by Lucinda Lambton, with reference numbers
-copy agreement between Arcaid and House & Garden magazine, New York
-colour transparencies by Richard Bryant, with reference numbers
-b&w photographs of winter by Richard Bryant
-colour photograph of [East Building, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC]
-colour transparencies by Ben Johnson
-colour transparencies of plans of rooms in the Thematic House

[Exhibition materials]
CJA-TCH-b-35 · File · nd [1984-1985]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Photographs and photocopied coloured-in designs mounted on card and captioned for display. Some of the mounts are cut into the shape of Jencksiana, others are pointed; one is rectangular.

Includes:
-Hermitage Furniture [photograph]
-The Aer Pavilion & California Pool [photograph]
-The Hermitage [photograoh]
-[unlabelled design - John's Room]
-Architectural Library [plan]
-The Foursquare Room [plan]

Extras
CJA-TCH-b-36 · File · nd [1984-1985]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of an envelope labelled 'Extras' containing slides, photographs, correspondence and transparencies.

Includes:
-compliments slip from Richard Bryant
-b&w photographs by Robin Laurence for NYT of Charles' Biedermeier chairs alongside some of the Symbolic Furniture, and Charles sitting on one of the Sun chairs, stamped on reverse,1985
-photograph from the collection of the National Monuments Record of a unidentified historic building
-colour polaroids of the Foursquare Room
-b&w photographs of Esna, Temple of Khnum, one with extensive annotations, and the pyramid of King Chephren
-colour transparencies by Richard Bryant
-b&w photographs of the Elemental House
-b&w photographs of the Architectural Library, John's Room and Lily's Room with the furniture installed but no other furnishings
-colour photograph of the West elevation
-b&w negative of Winter
-letter from Mark Lewis of Lewis & Horning regarding the work he did on Indian Summer, 1985
-cutting from an unidentified magazine
-manuscript notes labelled 'Richard Bryant' with a list of rooms in a variety of different handwritings, including notes about Medite
-b&w polaroid photographs of the Cosmic Oval
-transparencies inside tracing paper, annotated for publication
-colour slides of rooms in the Thematic House labelled 'C Jencks: not used before. 20 slides - 4 Square RM + Bathpool' but including most of the ground floor, the Time Garden and the chimneys
-letter from William Stok regarding photography of this mural and enclosing a postcard of a work by Chagall [not included], 1985
-colour transparency of the Garagia Rotunda annotated 'Chapter 2'
-envelope enclosing b&w photographs with a message from 'Eamon of the shop'
-b&w photograph of Charles in front of the Spring fireplace [over-sized, damaged]
-b&w photograph of Charles and Maggie in front of the Spring fireplace. Charles is holding a mobile phone [over-sized, damaged]

Facades 3.3
CJA-TCH-b-37 · File · nd [1983-1985]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled 'Facades 3.3' with 'Face of the Vernacular' crossed out underneath.

Colour transparencies and ink drawings with tracing paper covers. The images have been prepared for publication with outlines and measurements drawn in pencil, attached to pieces of paper. The papers are labelled with TSA numbers (TSA88/89. TSA 100/101, TSA 102). The transparencies show the exterior of the house.

CJA-TCH-b-38 · File · nd [1984-1985]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Bundle of photographs and an illustration.

Includes:
-b&w polaroid photograph of Spring, tracing paper attached marked for publication. Annotated 'A/A files/Book reviews p110 A'.
-colour photograph of the Spring fireplace
-colour photograph of the Cosmic Oval
-colour photograph of the shelves in Indian Summer
-colour photograph looking into the Sundial Arcade
-b&w print on photographic paper of the bookplate design inside Towards A Symbolic Architecture, with some of the text glued on

CJA-TCH-b-39 · File · nd [1983-1985]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Colour transparencies overlaid with tracing paper, marked up for publication with outline and measurements in pencil. There are three pieces of paper; two of the papers each have two transparencies attached, the third has four attached. Each image is marked with a 'TSA' number.

Images include:
- the Tulip Stairs in the Queens House at Greenwich, London.
-the Face of the Vernacular
-Studiolo

Thematic Main Facade
CJA-TCH-b-4 · File · [1980-1985]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a box labelled 'Thematic Main Facade'.

Includes colour slides of the front, back and side/West elevations of the house, the chimney columns, the window of Lily's Room. Many of the slides are annotated. One is labelled '4.31 substitute' and another '4.33 Lily outside window, copyright C Jencks, return'.