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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
Untitled - curves in autumnal colors	unknown	11 x 8 ¾	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
The Convert	unknown	11 x 5 1/2	ink on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
August's Window - Drawing version	1980	11 x 12	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - orange sky and brown field	unknown	44 x 66	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Beyond Summer's Fields	1978	46 x 50	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - watercolor	unknown	14 3/4 x 19 3/4	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Twilight	1980s ca.	42 x 60	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Celebration	1958	14 x 17	crayon on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Bonanza	1966	38 x 48	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled (leaves/moving lines)	1983	10 ½ x 12 ½	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Tranquil Shadows	1983	27 1/2 x 20 1/2	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Torso (6)	unknown	11 1/2 x 9 3/4	print	Prints
Untitled - red, orange and green crescents on colorful background	unknown	21 1/2 x 23	casein and wash on rice paper	Paintings and Drawings
Night City	1976	13 1/2 x 9	color pencil (caryon?)	Paintings and Drawings
Trees (1957)	1957, December	9 ½ x 14 ¼	Ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Awakening	1975	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - steeples	1960	5 x 14	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract drawing	unknown	10 1/2 x 14 1/4	ink and watercolor on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - red background with abstract trees	unknown	17 x 26 1/4	casein, ink and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Drawing - nude	1955	10 x 7 1/2	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Shafts of Light	1977	21 x 14	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Dark Forest	unknown	33 x 46 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - white plants on blue gray background	1960	13 3/4 x 18 1/4	casein	Paintings and Drawings
Saint Paul de Vence	1971	11 1/4 x 22 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Torso (5)	unknown	11 1/2 x 9 3/4	print	Prints
Moonlit Forest	1955	18 x 24	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - dramatic figure	unknown	9 x 12	pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - yellow triangles on blue, orange and red pattern	unknown	14 1/2 x 12 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
March Sky and Lake	1977	60 x 42	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Winter's Hillside	1961	35 1/2 x 29 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Nature's Window	1992	19 x 28 1/2	acrylic on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Interior	1950	13 x 9	lithograph on paper	Paintings and Drawings
White Moon	1956	unknown	casein	Paintings and Drawings
Charles Morgan: The Voyage: man waiting for woman going upstairs	unknown	8 x 5 1/2	casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
The Parting	1966	16 1/2 x 23	pen, ink and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Hill Across Water	1972	30 x 28½	Casein (on two pieces of canvas enclosed in plastic)	Paintings and Drawings
Létay Iván (memorial panel)	2002	29 1/2 x 39 1/4	mixed media photo collage	Memorial panels
Gusty Hillside	1971	54 x 30 ½	acrylic	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - self portrait with cats	1956	48 x 42	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Sunny Windows	1995	3 x 12	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The World of Shalom Alichem costume design - The Bookseller: Mendele	1981	10 x 8 ½	pen and color pencil on paper	Set/Costume design
Winter Splendor (1)	1975	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Fever Images	1964	32 x 18	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sonatina	1970	7 1/4 x 5 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Moonlit Branches	1999 or 1996	48 x 54	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - white cat with red and purple flowers	1950s ca.	21 3/4 x 28	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Taking Wing	1982	22.75 x 33	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - brown background with yellow curves	1974	32 1/2 x 23 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Lar Lubovitch Dance Company	1982	28 x 38	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - black bare trees on pink ground with yellow and pink sky	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Red Carnations	1975	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Branches	1992	27 x 20 1/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - little houses on green and blue background	1952	12 7/8 x 17	crayon on board	Paintings and Drawings
Leave, Dybbuk!	1963	15 x 22	pen, ink and casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Dissle Boy Blue (1)	unknown	10 x 16	casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Still Life With Cat	1959	27 3/4 x 39 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - abstract green bushes	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Break of Day	1970s ca.	20 x 11 1/2	pen, ink and casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - portrait of a woman (Vera) (2)	1948	23 3/4 x 13	pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Ballet	1992	19 x 27	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Ghosts Among Cinnamon Trees	1953	22 x 28	casein and ink 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
Untitled sketch - sketch for boy and dog illustration, studies of the dog (2)	unknown	8 1/2 x 11	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Women with Timbrels	1966	unkown	unknown	Paintings and Drawings
Afterglow	1979	36 x 40	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green, blue and red rectangles on gray background	1958	19 3/4 x 26	casein, pen and pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Summer Grasses (2)	1992-1995	12 3/4 x 11	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - golden field	unknown	19 x 27 1/4	oil on board	Paintings and Drawings
Ripening Grasses (2)	1996 ca.	25 1/2 x 21	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Towering Peaks	1974	26 x 36	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Circular Growth	1959, March	13.5 x 5.5	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - orange, yellow and blue shapes, pink lines	1959	8 7/8 x 11 7/8	crayon on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - pink and purple stripes through dark woods	unknown	22 x 28 1/2	crayon on paper (?)	Paintings and Drawings
Waves	1973	27 x 70	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Bouquet (1985)	1985	13 1/2 x 9 1/2	casein, pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sylvan Walk	1990	25 1/4 x 21 1/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
March Sunset (pencil)	1977	16 x 15 1/2	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
After Rain	1983	26 x 30 1/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Rising Moon (Rhythm series 2)	1974	36 x 24 1/8	casein on rice paper	Paintings and Drawings
Night Walk	1960	23 ½ x 28 ½	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
On the Beach	1959	38 x 46	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - orange abstract flowers on purple background	unknown	16 ½ x 9 ½	casein (?)	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - curled up cat asleep	unknown	7 x 9 1/2	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Sunset (in Luther Burbank Park)	1999	13 1/2 x 19 1/2	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Windblown Reeds	1956	11 x 9 5/8	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - woman among reeds	unknown	12 ¼ x 7 ¾	watercolor and pen	Paintings and Drawings
Indian Summer	1972	27 x 35	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Three Figures	1974	24 x 32	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - fields landscape	unknown	14 ½ x 11	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - four female nudes (2)	1952	8 1/2 x 11	print	Prints
Three Standing Nudes	1948	24 x 18	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Cica in Heaven (2)	1955	8 1/4 x 11	linocut	Prints
Ramp	1961	18 ½ x 23	mixed media and crayon on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Spring Sunset	1995	8 3/4 x 11 7/8	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Exercise in Space	1960	14 3/4 x 12 1/4	crayon on board	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Comes	1980	36 x 40	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract earthy color plants	1953	27 x 16 1/4	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Jeté	1983	11 1/2 x 9	pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Summer Festival	1968	unknown	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Torso (2)	unknown	11 1/2 x 9 3/4	print	Prints
Dissle Boy Blue (2)	unknown	10 x 16	casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
King Midas p16, 17	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
The Keeper of the Graves	1964	10 1/2 x 14	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Mountains (1)	1975	24 x 16	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Early Moon (1)	1986	15 x 9 1/2	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Trees	1991	14.5 x 12	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Heart of the Night	1983	38 3/4 x 28 1/2	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Spray	1974	35 x 50	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Blue and Green	1985	40 x 42	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
Twilight	1970	48 x 57	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Sketch for Cica in Heaven (back)	1955	9 x 12	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
October Sky	1973	60 X 38 1/2	oil on Masonite	Paintings and Drawings
Madonna with child	1966	23 ¾ x 23 ¼	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Black Clouds (2)	1996	14 3/4 x 16 1/8	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Growth (4)	1955	unknown	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sorrow	1957	9 1/4 x 23 3/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - bluish layers	unknown	13 x 9	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
The Choice of Paris	1972	unknown	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Hill Dwellings	1972	14 1/2 x 6 1/2	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Torso (3)	unknown	11 1/2 x 9 3/4	print	Prints
Untitled - vertical green stripes	unknown	24 1/2 x 19	oil on board	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Marcius	1972	17 3/4 x 13 3/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Setting Sun	1970	29 x 18 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Weaving Grasses	1964	12 x 28	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - four female nudes (4)	1952	8 1/2 x 11	print	Prints
Untitled - two nudes with chair and curtain on blue paper	unknown	25 x 19	charcoal on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Untitled - red, orange, yellow and blue color fields	unknown	17 1/2 x 23 1/2	crayon on canvas	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - dark gray landscape	1962	27 1/2 x 33 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Facets	1962	19 x 15	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled 2002	2002	23 x 31	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Variations	1959	18 3/4 x 25 1/4	watercolor and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Growth (7)	1957, April	22½ x 8½	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Spring is Here (1)	1975	11 x 12 ½	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Dominant Glow	1969	46 1/4 x 40	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Gray Landscape (Lake Sunset)	1977	48 x 56	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - cityscape with skyscrapers	1950	14 3/4 x 19 3/4	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Queen Anne Hill	1980's ca.	17 x 28 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - black and brown bare trees	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Tide	1971	48 x 48	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - yellow and red spirals on green background	unknown	18 x 23	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Sundown	unknown	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Verdant Summer	1978	18½ x 24	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Labyrinth	unknown	17 1/2 x 27 3/4	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Winter's Crimson	1990	13 x 12 3/4	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sudden Light	1964 (?)	32 x 22	Oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - portrait of singer Beth Haucings	1948-1951 ca.	28 x 20 3/4	oil on canvas	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Untitled - Floating Bridge	1951	22 1/2 x 28 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Undulations	1966	37 1/2 x 29 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Wind Clouds	1982	24 1/4 x 31	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Fleeing Birds	1964	25¾ x 19½	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Mural design for Arcade Plaza Building (first angle)	1977	13 1/2 x 14 1/2	pencil and casein on paper, wood, Plexiglas	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Trees (1977)	1977	30 x 48	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Our Valley	1953, November	17 1/5 x 20 1/4	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Pines	1970	11 x 14 1/4	casein, pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Foliage	1964	40 x 48	oil on Canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - gray sky and brown field (2)	1980s ca.	24 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Forest	1987	45 x 53 3/4	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Saint Paul de Vence (4)	1973	30 x 38	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Chelan	1977	15 x 18	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Sketch for "The Olympics"	1988 ca.	7 1/2 x 13	color pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Summer Day	1978	20 x 18	Casein	Paintings and Drawings
Irises	1990's ca.	12 x 12	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - Cats among shrubs	1953, December	18 x 23	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
The Houses Afternoon	1950	23 x 28 1/2	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Floating City	1972	19 1/4 x 24 3/4	watercolor and casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Cool Forest	1975	21 3/4 x 13 3/8	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled (similar to Beyond Summer’s Fields)	1980 ca.	8 x 9	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Three Directions	1983 ca.	15 x 22 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Dybbuk Act II Backdrop	1962	6 3/4 x 13 3/8	watercolor and crayon on paper	Set/Costume design
Lilies	1998	29 1/2 x 35	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - tropical scene, four people rowing on a boat	unknown	10½ x 25	pen on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Winter Night	1977	17 x 10.5	color pencil	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
In the Calm of the Night	1967	36 x 48	Oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - autumn woods	1960	19 1/2 x 14 1/2	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - lake, hill and tree	unknown	20 x 12	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Oriental City	1955, July	18 x 24	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Hills (2)	1978	unknown	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
The Olympics	1988	40 x 60	oil on canvas	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
Untitled - skinny brown trees on river bank	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - Cityscape (unfinished)	unknown	48 x 40	Casein on canvas	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Leaves	1996	21 x 17 1/2	casien 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 sketch - sketch for boy and dog illustration, studies of the dog (1)	unknown	6 1/8 x 11 1/8	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Dusk Through Trees	1979	54 x 42	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Yesterday's Dream	1964	18 1/2 x 23	casein	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green field, orange sky and orange water	unknown	6 x 7 3/4	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Evening	1996	20 x 16	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Forest	1950	10 1/4 x 14	Lithograph print on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - boy reading in chair and four women in dresses (front)	unknown	17 3/4 x 14	pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Drawing for Dusk Through Trees	1979		color pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Declining Day (Shimmering Lake)	1979	11 1/2 x 9	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sunset Over Elliot Bay (winter evening)	1979 / 1980	12 1/4 X 15	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Serenity Pursued	1964	18 ½ x 23	casein 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
Moonlit Reeds	1958	15 1/2 x 27 1/2	crayon on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Butterflies	1966	29 x 24	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Channan: "Seeing you here makes life worth living", Dybbuk	1962	21 3/4 x 28	casein, ink and wash on paper	Set/Costume design