Title: Bus Stop at Speers Market on Mirabel Road Description: Bus Stop at Speers Market on Mirabel Road by Edward Balchowsky (Edward Ross Balchowsky; AKA: Eddie; 1916-1989), marker, 14 x 11 inches, 1983, Forestville, California; Balchowsky was a concert pianist and artist, who lost his right arm (from the elbow) at the Ebro River, Spain, while fighting in the Spanish Civil War on the loyalist side; he lived mostly in Chicago following that war and was known as a classic Bohemian, living hand to mouth in hovels and producing a considerable body of artwork throughout his life (he was still able to play classical musical written for the left hand); long addicted to drugs (heroin), he either fell or jumped in front of a Chicago elevated train, ending his life in 1989; Category: Art Topic: Paintings Keywords: art, artists, artwork, fine arts, painters, paintings Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 1471 x 1163 (1.71 MPixels) (1.26) Print Size: 12.5 x 9.8 cm; 4.9 x 3.9 inches File Size: 4.93 MB (5,165,328 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000255176 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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