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Below is a visual database containing approximately 700 paintings, drawings, sketches, designs and more. This is an evolving database containing only a part of Maria Frank Abrams' complete oeuvre.
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Title	Year	Size (inches)	Medium	Category
Metamorphosis	1966	37 1/2 x 47 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Cica in Heaven (2)	1955	8 1/4 x 11	linocut	Prints
Ripples	1959	19 3/4 x 25 1 /4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Dark Clouds	1996	36 x 40	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Forest	1987	45 x 53 3/4	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - nude sitting on stool	1948-1952 ca.	24 x 18	oil on canvas	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Summer Day	1978	20 x 18	Casein	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - nude woman	unknown	11 1/2 x 9	ink on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Happy Birds	1959, March	30 x 25 7/8	oil on board	Paintings and Drawings
Lake at Dusk	1975	10 3/4 x 9	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled 2002	2002	23 x 31	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Hills (1)	1978	unknown	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - dramatic figure	unknown	9 x 12	pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Rays of Light	1977	48 x 60	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - portrait of a woman (Vera) (2)	1948	23 3/4 x 13	pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - cityscape, orange tone	1950	29 x 21	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sleep	1966	16 1/2 x 29	casein and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
King Midas p16, 17	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Undulations	1966	37 1/2 x 29 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Poles Going Uphill	1950	27 1/2 x 22	oil on canvas	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Untitled - branches and lake	unknown	11 ½ x 9	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled (blue grasses)	1992	9.5 x 13	casein, pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Setting Sun	1970	29 x 18 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - three standing nudes (Back)	unknown	24 x 18	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Evening on the Sound	1955	19 3/4 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Faragó György (memorial panel)	2002	29 1/2 x 39 1/4	mixed media photo collage	Memorial panels
Untitled - green field and gray sky with yin yang shape	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - reflections on water	1981	20 1/2 x 18	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Variations	1959	18 3/4 x 25 1/4	watercolor and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Moon and Street Light	1954	26 x 32	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Dusk Through Trees	1979	54 x 42	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Mount Rainier	1975	15 x 22 1/2	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - moon and orange spirals	unknown	9 x 12	casein (?)	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Forest (1)	1975	22 1/2 x 15 1/2	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - half dark blue, half dark green. with yellow stripes	unknown	19 x 29	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled (similar to Beyond Summer’s Fields)	1980 ca.	8 x 9	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Dark Woods	1963	21 x 25	casein and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - white and pink flowers	1990s ca.	23 x 31	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Trees (1977)	1977	30 x 48	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract 1981	1981	null	casein	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - red trees in white field (edition 7/8)	unknown	7 3/4 x 16	print	Prints
Fanning Growth	1969	20 1/4 x 17 7/8	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Queen Anne Hill	1980's ca.	17 x 28 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - Moon	1973	5 ½ x 8	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - trees with abstract leaves on yellow background	1963	15 x 28	watercolor and pen on paper	Paintings and Drawings
White Moon	1956	unknown	casein	Paintings and Drawings
Three Towers	1974	17 x 23	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract curvy trees	unknown	6 1/4 x 11 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
City Dusk (2)	1977	16 x 15 1/2	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Rusty Hillside	1962	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Foliage	1964	40 x 48	oil on Canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Hills (2)	1978	unknown	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Winter's Green	1990	40 x 54	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Branches	1992	27 x 20 1/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - blue on top and green on bottom, with two white circles.	1992	19 x 29	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - orange background with black lines and dots	unknown	4 1/2 x 11	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Afterglow	1978	11 1/2 x 13	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Woods	1971	unknown	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Torso (5)	unknown	11 1/2 x 9 3/4	print	Prints
Untitled - unfinished trapezoids on red	unknown	22 ½ x 15	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Lavender and Gold	1966 ca.		oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Hill Dwellings	1972	14 1/2 x 6 1/2	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - orange sky and brown field	unknown	44 x 66	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract pattern, green and orange	1964	21 1/4 x 27 7/8	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Treescape	1986-1994	10 x 12	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
A Vase of Flowers	1955	27 x 21 3/4	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Hillscape	1972	11 3/8 x 9	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Cica in Heaven (3)	1955	8 1/4 x 11	linocut	Prints
Autumn Hills (3)	1979	30 x 40	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - red flower with purple background	unknown	11 3/4 x 4 1/4	casein and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - figure sitting in chair with blue stripes	unknown	25 x 19	color pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled illustration page 46, 47 (boy and dog)	unknown	9 x 13	pen and crayon on paper with collage	Book illustration (proposed)
Winter's Glow	1988	11 3/4 x 17 1/2	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - unfinished treescape	unknown	16 x 9 ½	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled sketch - two pink figures hugging	unknown	10 1/2 x 13 1/2	casein on board	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Dark Forest	unknown	33 x 46 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Two Insects	1959	11 x 22 1/2	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Blue Glow	1970	37 x 46	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - white figures and cats in green maze, orange background	1970	19 7/8 x 25 3/8	casein and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Three Angels	1963	15 1/2 x 25v 1/4	casein and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Saint Paul de Vence (4)	1973	30 x 38	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Torso (1)	unknown	11 1/2 x 9 3/4	print	Prints
Untitled - abstract earthy color plants	1953	27 x 16 1/4	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Copse	1978	24 x 14½	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Three Figures	1974	24 x 32	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - Cats among shrubs	1953, December	18 x 23	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Moon Reflections (1)	1963	42 x 36	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Summer Sky	unknown	14 x 40	oil	Paintings and Drawings
Passacaglia	1959, February	14 x 24 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Neon	1961	18 ½ x 23	crayon and oil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green field, orange sky and orange water	unknown	6 x 7 3/4	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Tree Forms	1975	21 1/2 x 13 1/2	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Tree and Shrub	1964	17 x 24	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Harlequin	1962	10 ¾ x 14 ½	mixed media	Paintings and Drawings
In the Calm of the Night	1967	36 x 48	Oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Twilight	1970	48 x 57	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - colorful rectangles	unknown	13 x 19	casein (?) on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Splendor (1)	1975	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Lights, Summer, Lake	1972	7 1/5 x 13 7/8	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Comes	1980	36 x 40	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Exercise in Space	1960	14 3/4 x 12 1/4	crayon on board	Paintings and Drawings
Aquarium (3)	1956	unknown	watercolor (?)	Paintings and Drawings
Break of Day	1970s ca.	20 x 11 1/2	pen, ink and casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - yellow light beams over field	1960	8 x 10	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - black and white thick lines	1992	19 1/4 x 23 3/8	colored pencil and crayon on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sketch book 2 (cover)	unknown	11 x 14	sketch book	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Ballet	1992	19 x 27	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Flowers	1955	19 x 22 1/2	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Nocturne	1983	36 x 25 3/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Papillons	1966	29 x 21	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
When the Sun Goes Down, the Moon Comes Up: Cica Mica, Huntress (drawing)	1952	8 x 10	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - yellow and red spirals on green background	unknown	18 x 23	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Lar Lubovitch Dance Company	1982	28 x 38	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Four Seasons (Mural, four canvases) (frontal views)	1976	48 x 87 x 4	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - hill next to water with tall tree on the right	1987	15 x 10	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Lilies	1998	29 1/2 x 35	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - red trees in white field (1)	unknown	8 x 15 3/4	print	Prints
Untitled - colorful stripes	unknown	17 ½ x 10 ¼	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Labyrinth	unknown	17 1/2 x 27 3/4	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - boy reading in chair and four women in dresses (back)	unknown	17 3/4 x 14	pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
The Choice of Paris	1972	unknown	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Charles Morgan: The Voyage: men sitting next to tree looking into starry sky	unknown	5 3/4 x 5	casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Sentinels (2)	1975	14 1/2 x 13 1/4	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - sunset on brown field	unknown	20 x 22	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - self portrait with cats	1956	48 x 42	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Reflected Image	1977	36 x 24	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Nocturnal Fountain	1974	20 1/2 x 25 1/4	casein on rice paper	Paintings and Drawings
Illuminations	1971	27½ x 21½	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
City Dusk (1)	1976	13 1/2 x 9	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Wheat Field	1964	48 x 48 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Evening Glow (September Evening)	1986	15 3/4 x 10	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Chelan	1977	15 x 18	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Shimmering Lake (Declining Day)	1979	34 x 46	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Torso (3)	unknown	11 1/2 x 9 3/4	print	Prints
Spring	1975	18 x 18	Casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - 1 out of 2 sketches of abstract geometric shapes (partially colored)	unknown	7 1/2 x 17	color pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Trees (1957)	1957, December	9 ½ x 14 ¼	Ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Dybbuk	1962	13 x 22 1/2	watercolor and pen on paper	Set/Costume design
Across the Bay	1971	23 1/4 x 18 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - ephemeral land and sky	unknown	15 ¾ x 11 ½	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Pervading Sundown	1983	14 1/2 x 22 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - view of sunrise/sunset though trees; a vase of red flowers in the foreground	unknown	10 1/2 x 14	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Rózsa Vilma (memorial panel)	2001	33 x 39 1/2	mixed media photo collage	Memorial panels
Untitled sketch - man leaning on a couch in domestic space with furniture	unknown	11 3/4 x 9	pen and pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Sketch for Rózsa Vilma (2)	2001	18 3/4 x 12 1/4	pencil on tracing paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Watchful Night	1954	null	watercolor and ink on paper (?)	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Branches	1979	24 x 36	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Blazing Descent	unknown	33 5/8 x 39 3/4	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
End of Summer	1972	20 x 27	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Evening Garden	1990	12 x 12	Ink and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter's Sundown	1996	48 x 60	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Sorrow	1957	9 1/4 x 23 3/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Dybbuk Cemetery Backdrop	1962	14 x 28 1/2	watercolor and pen on paper	Set/Costume design
Untitled - Optic sunrise	1966	28 x 20 3/4	casein and watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The World of Shalom Alichem costume design - Rochele	1981	10 x 8 1/2	pen and color pencil on paper	Set/Costume design
Untitled - black bare trees on pink ground with yellow and pink sky	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Hounds of Spring Are on Winter's Traces	1970	18 x 27 1/4	casein, ink, and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Night Walk	1960	23 ½ x 28 ½	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - white cat with red and purple flowers	1950s ca.	21 3/4 x 28	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract drawing	unknown	10 1/2 x 14 1/4	ink and watercolor on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Reflections (3)	1983	18 x 24	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Summer Grasses (2)	1992-1995	12 3/4 x 11	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Drawing for Dance Movement (two parallel figures )	unknown	17 x 14	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Ramp	1961	18 ½ x 23	mixed media and crayon on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - wavy blue rhombi	unknown	11 ¾ x 11 ¾	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Winter's Hillside	1961	35 1/2 x 29 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Irises	1990's ca.	12 x 12	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Felt	1959	13 1/4 x 25 1/8	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Drawing for Dance Movement (one figure)	unknown	17 x 14	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled sketch - nude female lying	unknown	18 x 24	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Drawing for Dance Movement (many abstract nudes)	unknown	19 x 24	pencil and charcoal on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
The Keeper of the Graves	1964	10 1/2 x 14	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - Neighborhood	1953, February	21 1/4 x 27 1/2	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Three Directions	1983 ca.	15 x 22 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Judgment of Paris	1972	20 1 /2 x 27 3/4	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Night Rhythms	1985	20 1/2 x 17 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Night City	1976	13 1/2 x 9	color pencil (caryon?)	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - sitting girl (Noga)	1990s ca.	18 x 12	pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - green, blue and red rectangles on gray background	1958	19 3/4 x 26	casein, pen and pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Annunciation	1966	14 3/4 x 22 3/4	ink and watercolor with wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - house with green roof and a bare tree	1950	21 x 14 1/2	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Cica in Heaven (1)	1955	8 1/4 x 10 3/4	linocut	Prints
Imaginary Landscape	1954, November	18 x 28½	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Scintillation	1977	19 x 25	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - grass in water and trees on shore	1981	11 7/8 x 8 7/8	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Summer Twilight	1978	35 3/4 x 29 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Evening Comes	1972	13 x 8 1/2	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Green forest (sketch for deep forest?)	1975		prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - colorful waves	unknown	20 ½ x 12	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
The Olympics	1988	40 x 60	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - organic lines	unknown	12 ½ x 7 ½	pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Taking Wing	1982	22.75 x 33	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - three standing nudes (Front)	unknown	24 x 18	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - four female nudes (3)	1952	8 1/2 x 11	print	Prints
King Midas p6, 7	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Electric Night (2)	1978	28 1/2 x 36 1/2	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Hillside	unknown	20 3/4 x 17 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - turquoise and orange triangles	unknown	16 ¾ x 10 ½	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Indian Summer	1972	27 x 35	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Be Gentle as the Dove and Wise as the Snake (Mosaic)	1958	36 x 156	glass Mosaic	Paintings and Drawings