Title: Untitled by Edward Balchowsky Description: Untitled by Edward Balchowsky (Edward Ross Balchowsky; AKA: Eddie; 1916-1989), marker, 161/2 x 14 inches, Chicago, Illinois; 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: 1379 x 1147 (1.58 MPixels) (1.20) Print Size: 11.7 x 9.7 cm; 4.6 x 3.8 inches File Size: 4.56 MB (4,782,248 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000255184 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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