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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
Blue Glow	1970	37 x 46	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Weaving Grasses	1964	12 x 28	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - cats and birds in night sky	1954	14 3/4 x 24 3/4	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
Long Horizon	1972	20 1/4 x 39 1/2	pen, ink and casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Evening	1996	20 x 16	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Woodland (2)	1975	30 x 36	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
Cool Forest	1975	21 3/4 x 13 3/8	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Branches	1979	24 x 36	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Labyrinth	unknown	17 1/2 x 27 3/4	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Ballet	1992	19 x 27	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sketch for Burgess p2, p3 (2)	unknown	8 3/8 x 11 5/8	pen, pencil and watercolor on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Opalescent Evening (2)	1974	38 x 68	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Twilight	1995	25 ¾ x 30 ½	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract curvy trees	unknown	6 1/4 x 11 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green and gray	unknown	11 x 14	watercolor on board	Paintings and Drawings
They Hold His Arms Up Until the Sun Sets Down - Exodus (2) (edition 8)	1952	11 1/2 x 11 1/2	color lithograph	Prints
Caprice	unknown	6 x 11 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Costume design for Leah in The Dybbuk	1963	Approx. 12 1/2 x 10 1/2	ink and casein on paper	Set/Costume design
Untitled - portrait of a woman (Vera)	1948	13 3/8 x 10 1/2	pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Ripening Grasses (2)	1996 ca.	25 1/2 x 21	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Growth (9)	1957	13 ½ x 25	Casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - simple green and gray tree branches	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Growth (4)	1955	unknown	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
August Evening	1985	52 x 40	acrylic on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green organic shapes with red stains	unknown	25 x 16 ½	watercolor and crayon	Paintings and Drawings
White Moon	1956	unknown	casein	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - white cat sleeping next to yellow flowers	1950s ca.	12 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Filtering Light	1992	20½ x 28	mixed media	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Light	1978	10 x 11	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Divided Sky	1975	30 x 48	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Evening Garden	1990	12 x 12	Ink and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Drawing - nude	1955	10 x 7 1/2	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - steeples	1960	5 x 14	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Across The Lake	1978	15 3/8 x 20	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - purple flowers and green leaves	unknown	9 1/2 x 18 1/4	casein on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
October Sky	1973	60 X 38 1/2	oil on Masonite	Paintings and Drawings
Summer Evening (2)	1978	unknown	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Levitations	1983	20 3/4 x 28 1/2	acrylic on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - brown trees on pink and blue background	unknown	17 x 19	casein and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Saint Paul de Vence (3)	1972	unknown	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Grasses (1)	1974	23 x 18	casein on rice paper	Paintings and Drawings
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
Ripples	1959	19 3/4 x 25 1 /4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Receding Horizons	1983	28 x 21 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green and black wavy shapes	unknown	11 x 8 ½	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Vibrant Autumn (1)	1967	10 x 8	woodcut	Prints
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
August's Window - Drawing version	1980	11 x 12	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - four female nudes (1)	1952	8 1/2 x 11	print	Prints
Many Moons	1957	11 x 13 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - man walking towards industrial building	1948-1952 ca.	25 x 19	charchoal	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Winter Tide	1971	48 x 48	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Spring Sunset	1995	8 3/4 x 11 7/8	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Aquarium	unknown	15 x 23 3/4	wax crayon	Paintings and Drawings
Happy Birds	1959, March	30 x 25 7/8	oil on board	Paintings and Drawings
Angry Sea	1959	22 x 18	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - lying female nude with a vase of flowers	unknown	18 x 24	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Sparkling Forest	1992-1995	11 3/4 x 14 1/2	casien and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - landscape with red fence	1949	14 3/4 x 19 3/4	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Scene design for Violetta’s drawing room in La Traviata	1963	14 x 28 1/2	Watercolor and ink on paper	Set/Costume design
Seattle by Night (Blue Night)	1961	12 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
A Vase of Flowers	1955	27 x 21 3/4	oil on canvas	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
Untitled - water plants	unknown	19 ½ x 14	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - dramatic figure	unknown	9 x 12	pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
The Ill Venus	1948-1952 ca.	12 x 8 3/4	pen on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Untitled - white plants on blue gray background	1960	13 3/4 x 18 1/4	casein	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
Charles Morgan: The Voyage: woman with blue background	unknown	6 1/2 x 6	casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Untitled - two green plants in brown vases on green table	1948-1951 ca.	19 3/4 x 14 3/4	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Autumn Spray	1974	35 x 50	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sleeping Birds	1959	32 x 38 1/2	oil on board	Paintings and Drawings
Foliage	1964	40 x 48	oil on Canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Three Directions	1983 ca.	15 x 22 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - woman in blue coat	1948-1951 ca.	24 x 15	oil on canvas	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Dark Forest (2)	1956, September	unknown	unknown	Paintings and Drawings
Declining Day (Shimmering Lake)	1979	11 1/2 x 9	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
In the Calm of the Night	1967	36 x 48	Oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Ad Memoriam 1944	1967	32 x 38	acrylic, rice paper and rope on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - curled up cat asleep	unknown	7 x 9 1/2	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - hill next to water	1949	14 3/4 x 19 3/4	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Serenity Pursued	1964	18 ½ x 23	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Briar and Reeds	1985	25 1/2 x 37	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
King Midas - King in castle	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Wind Clouds	1982	24 1/4 x 31	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Hillscape	1972	11 3/8 x 9	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Waves (2)	1974	19 1/4 x 11 1/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - two nudes with chair and curtain on blue paper	unknown	25 x 19	charcoal on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Untitled - green trees and red grass	1948-1952 ca.	14 3/4 x 19 3/4	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Untitled - yellow and red spirals on green background	unknown	18 x 23	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Torso (5)	unknown	11 1/2 x 9 3/4	print	Prints
Untitled - sail boats and cityscape	1950	14 3/4 x 19 3/4	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Untitled - cats in various yards	1954	11 7/8 x 17 1/2	etching	Prints
Sketch for Burgess p2, p3 (3)	unknown	8 3/8 x 11 5/8	pen, pencil and watercolor on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
The Judgment of Paris	1972	20 1 /2 x 27 3/4	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
City Lights (Glittering Sunset)	1977	42 x 60	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Winter's Hillside	1961	35 1/2 x 29 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Sundown	unknown	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - portrait of a woman (2)	1948-1952 ca.	14 1/2 x 11	pencil on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Nocturne	1983	36 x 25 3/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Queen Anne Hill	1980's ca.	17 x 28 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled illustration - Hebrew people come to Egypt	unknown	8 1/4 x 11 5/8	pen, pencil and watercolor on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Two Insects	1959	11 x 22 1/2	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - house next to water and anchored boats	1947 (?)	9 x 7 3/4	charcoal on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Opalescent Evening	1973	46 x 50	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - sketches of interior scene	unknown	20 x 15	pencil and watercolor on board	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - three standing nudes (Front)	unknown	24 x 18	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Facets	1962	19 x 15	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - trapezoids over sky and land	1981	20 x 28	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Copse	1978	24 x 14½	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Pervading Sundown	1983	14 1/2 x 22 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Leave, Dybbuk!	1963	15 x 22	pen, ink and casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - Neighborhood	1953, February	21 1/4 x 27 1/2	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Goddess	1957	21 x 29	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - red abstract image with red and blue curves, with text "Happy Birthday"	unknown	8 x 10	casein on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Landscape (Night on the Lake)	2002	24 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Drawing for Dance Movement (whole body)	unknown	17 x 14	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - one large tree with one small tree on each side	1953	24 x 36	casein on board	Paintings and Drawings
Flutterings	1983	18 x 25 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Wintry Sky	1984	40 x 52	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Hills (3)	1979	30 x 40	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Verdant Summer	1978	18½ x 24	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - organic abstraction	1966	14 3/4 x 22 3/4	casein, pen and ink with wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - cityscape with big tree at night	1954	20 x 6	casein on board	Paintings and Drawings
Red Sky (Edition 8/10)	unknown	5 1/2 x 11	woodcut	Prints
Untitled illustration page 48, 49 (boy and dog)	unknown	9 x 13	pen and crayon on paper with collage	Book illustration (proposed)
Nature's Window	1992	19 x 28 1/2	acrylic on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Three Standing Nudes	1948	24 x 18	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - hill next to water with tall tree on the right	1987	15 x 10	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Tree Forms	1975	21 1/2 x 13 1/2	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Awakening	1975	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
With the Sun	1976	40 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Hill Across Water	1972	30 x 28½	Casein (on two pieces of canvas enclosed in plastic)	Paintings and Drawings
Sudden Light	1964 (?)	32 x 22	Oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Undulations	1966	37 1/2 x 29 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Torso (1)	unknown	11 1/2 x 9 3/4	print	Prints
Autumn Comes	1980	36 x 40	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - beach fences	1966	21 1/4 x 29	watercolor and pen on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract	1969		casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - sunset on brown field	unknown	20 x 22	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Cica in Heaven (1)	1955	8 1/4 x 10 3/4	linocut	Prints
Hill Dwellings	1972	14 1/2 x 6 1/2	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Gay Shapes	1958	14 x 17	crayon on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract curves on blue	1979	18 1/2 x 24	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Design for Budapest-Seattle Art Exchange poster	1993	14 x 17	collage and pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - dark gray landscape	1962	27 1/2 x 33 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Winter's Green	1990	40 x 54	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Germination	1959	17 1/2 x 23 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Waves and Clouds	1977-1992	18 x 22	casien and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - geometric composition	unknown	15 x 11	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Magenta Sky	1996	13 x 16	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Peguins	1958	5 1/4 x 23	crayon and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract blue and green shapes on light brown and gray background	unknown	22 x 16	print	Paintings and Drawings
Be Gentle as the Dove and Wise as the Snake (Mosaic)	1958	36 x 156	glass Mosaic	Paintings and Drawings
Verdant Spring	1974	Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University Spokane, WA	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sunny Windows	1995	3 x 12	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Reflections (1)	1976 ca.	unknown	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Early Fall	unknown	10 3/4 x 8 1/8	color pencil on paper	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
Rising Moon (Rhythm series 2)	1974	36 x 24 1/8	casein on rice paper	Paintings and Drawings
Ballet	1961	10 x 7 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Trees (1957)	1957, December	9 ½ x 14 ¼	Ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Dybbuk Cemetery Backdrop	1962	14 x 28 1/2	watercolor and pen on paper	Set/Costume design
Autumn Hills (2)	1978	unknown	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled_pink and purple texture	1964	14 x 10 ½	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - trees with abstract leaves on yellow background	1963	15 x 28	watercolor and pen on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Haze	1972	unknown	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Puget Sound Twilight	1950	11 5/8 x 12 7/8	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - blue natural scene	unknown	15 ½ x 11 ½	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
Pines	1970	11 x 14 1/4	casein, pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - trees with blue and green background	unknown	60 1/4 x 48 1/8	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Felt	1959	13 1/4 x 25 1/8	casein on paper	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
Untitled - lake, hill and tree	unknown	20 x 12	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Evening Calm	1985	10 x 10	prisma color pencils	Paintings and Drawings
Twilight	1980s ca.	42 x 60	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - red, orange and green crescents on colorful background	unknown	21 1/2 x 23	casein and wash on rice paper	Paintings and Drawings
Taking Wing	1982	22.75 x 33	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Night Walk	1960	23 ½ x 28 ½	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green foliage	unknown	30 x 24	oil on board	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
Thicket	1979	11 x 12 ½	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - nude female figure standing with a round object and the back of the figure (front)	unknown	25 x 19	charcoal on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - house with green roof and a bare tree	1950	21 x 14 1/2	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Evening Meadow	1992	29 x 19	acrylic on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract faces on dark gray background	1953	21 1/4 x 23 3/4	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - golden field	unknown	19 x 27 1/4	oil on board	Paintings and Drawings
October's Wind	1966	18 1/2 x 23	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Towering Peaks	1974	26 x 36	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - red trees in white field (1)	unknown	8 x 15 3/4	print	Prints
Untitled - Cityscape (unfinished)	unknown	48 x 40	Casein on canvas	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Design for mosaic panel "Be Gentle as the Dove and Wise as the Snake"	1958	3 1/2 x 13 1/2	watercolor and casein on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled sketch - nude female lying	unknown	18 x 24	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
They Hold His Arms Up Until the Sun Sets Down - Exodus (1) (edition 2)	1952	11 1/2 x 11 1/2	color lithograph	Prints
Untitled - light blue texture	unknown	10 ½ x 7 ¾	casein (?)	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Wheat Field	1964	48 x 48 1/2	oil on canvas	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