Italy

A detailed watercolor rendering of a theatrical stage from the perspective of a member of the audience, with three female singers onstage accompanied by a pianist under a dark red curtain.

A delicately rendered watercolor painting of a figure riding a bike past a church in a wooded landscape, with fir trees visible in the upper right background.

A pen and ink wash work depicting a line of dark-clad mourners carrying a coffin and approaching a church in a desolate snowy winter landscape.

This collection consists of photographs, artist tools, climbing tools, biographical clippings, articles, artowrk, and photographs.

A pen and ink rendering of the view from Jacques Parker’s balcony of his room in San Benedetto, Italy, featuring the church tower that had held a sniper.

A pen and ink rendering of the artist’s room in San Benedetto, Italy with bed and bedroom furniture looking out onto a balcony beyond.

A pen and ink portrait of a woman dressed in a sweater and boots, smoking, wearing a gun holster on her waist.

A pen and ink wash drawing of a woman standing in front of a creche surmounted with cross in a snowy wooded landscape, the bare tree limbs extending over the composition, dated for January 1945 and identified in artist inscription as Lizzano, Italy.

A pencil portrait of a young woman with her hair in two braids wearing a button-up collared shirt, titled “Luisa” by the artist.

A pen and ink scene of man walking through a narrow street in Lizzano with large mountains visible in the background.