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Drawings mostly Furniture
CJA-TCH-a-41 · File · nd [1978-1984]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of an envelope labelled 'Drawings Mostly furniture'.

Includes:
-photocopied and pencil sketch chair designs
-magazine cutting of Jencksian motifs
-pencil drawings of a tall building labelled 'cosmos' at the top
-photocopied, photographic paper and pencil sketch lettering designs on paper and tracing paper
-manuscript letter from [illegible], Shepherd's Hill, Highgate and 70-71 New Bond Street regarding lettering and drawings of the house, 1984
-designs for the Sun table and chairs on tracing paper
-drawings of the Winter armchairs
-colour drawings of the Sun chairs
-coloured pencil drawings of the Danae light and House light
-colour drawings of the Spring sofas
-drawings of the Window Seat
-drawing of the Sun table
-Drawing of a Slidescraper
-photocopied cartoon 'All the wasms have become isms'
-pencil drawing on tracing paper 'Towards a symbolic architecture'

CJA-TCH-a-39 · File · 1978-1984
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Bundle of drawings with a covering page labelled 'Rear Elevation'. The bundle is wrapped in a whiteprint by Terry Farrell Partnership labelled 'C&M Jencks House: conservatory sketch Nov 1980' with manuscript annotations.

Within the bundle, there is also a smaller bundle of papers, also wrapped inside a whiteprint. This whiteprint is annotated 'Key Elevation. Done in Scotland June [crossed out]/July 1980. C. Jencks'. This bundle includes:
-photocopied drawings of windows
-pencil drawing on tracing paper of balustrades, folded
- whiteprint drawing of windows, doors and balustrades annotated 'key elevation. Done in Scotland. June 1980? [crossed out]. July 18, 1980. C Jencks'.
-photocopied elevation drawings with pen annotations
-whiteprint drawing by Terry Farrell Partnership titled 'Setting out Jacuzzi Elevation' Aug 1981, folded and used as a wrapper. Inside are a whiteprint drawing by Terry Farrell Partnership titled 'Rear Elevation' Feb 1981 [folded] and photocopied front elevations with pen annotations
-unlabelled whiteprints of front elevation and axonometric drawings, with a list of potential savings to be offset against the balustrading and columns
-whiteprint rear elevation annotated 'key elevation. Done in Scotland. June 1980? [crossed out]. July 18, 1980. C Jencks'.
-whiteprint front elevation with a note from Charles to Terry at the bottom
-unlabelled whiteprint front elevation, folded
-unlabelled whiteprint rear elevation, folded
-pencil drawing on tracing paper of the rear elevation and garden plan, with problems listed at the bottom, folded. Inside are a folded whiteprint version of the same drawing plus front and rear elevations and smaller pencil sketches on tracing paper.
-whiteprint axonometric drawing of the house and a proposed garden design including a grotto. Folded
-whiteprint drawing of windows with measurements, folded
-pencil sketches on tracing paper of Jencksiana designs
-whiteprint unlabelled rear elevation with manuscript notes and ink annotations, folded
-whiteprint sketch rear elevation
-whiteprint by Terry Farrell Partnership labelled 'Back Elevation (almost final design drawing)' Oct 1980, folded

The rest of the bundle includes:
-b&w polaroid photograph of the rear elevation
-unlabelled whiteprint rear elevation, folded
-whiteprint roof terrace plan, folded
-photocopy of a photograph of the rear elevation during construction
-photocopied window designs coloured in with felt tip pen
-unlabelled whiteprint rear elevations, folded
-b&w photograph of the house from the street during construction
-pencil sketch on tracing paper showing steps into the garden
-pencil sketch on tracing paper of the rear elevation
-unlabelled whiteprint of sketch rear elevations, used as a wrapper for photocopies of axonometric drawings of octagonal windows
-envelope labelled 'Penny & Anthropomorphism'
-photocopies from unknown publications showing figures representing abstract concepts
-pencil drawings of figures representing art and architecture, folded, with pencil manuscript correspondence inside from Penny [Jencks] regarding the figures and giving personal news
-manuscript letter from Penny [Jencks] to Charles written on an envelope discussing the figures.
-colour photographs of figures on buildings. The photographs have been glued to white paper with manuscript captions. [6 pages, the glue has failed on many of the photographs] with a manuscript covering letter from Charles to Penny
-colour reproduction of a building with figures either side of the window
-letter from John Cullen Lighting Design
-manuscript letter from Charles to Penny regarding termes by Hugues Sambin
-invitation to the St Botolph Club, Boston
-colour photograph of a clay sculpture
-invitation to and programme for the dedication of a statue to Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison by Penelope Jencks
-b&w photograph of the rear of the house during construction.

Colosseum/Palazzo
CJA-RES-AL-DL-8-4 · File
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Cardboard box used to store slides, annotated 'Colosseum - pillar/arch, heavy/light, Venetian, villa / Palazzo' in red ink.
Body
CJA-RES-AL-DL-8-3 · File
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Cardboard box addressed to Lady Kewsick, Portrack House, used to store slides, annotated 'Body' in red ink inside a Jencksiana design and 'Primitive' also in red ink.
Post-Modern Classicism
CJA-RES-AL-B13-6-33 · Item · 1980
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Guest-edited by Charles; includes an introduction and an article titled 'London Flat' by Charles [photos include Maggie and a Jencksiana]

Publisher: Academy Editions

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