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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
Nature's Window	1992	19 x 28 1/2	acrylic on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sorrow	1957	9 1/4 x 23 3/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Ripening Grasses (1)	1996	25 1/2 x 21	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Illuminations	1971	27½ x 21½	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - orange sky and brown field	unknown	44 x 66	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
October's Wind	1966	18 1/2 x 23	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green organic shapes with red stains	unknown	25 x 16 ½	watercolor and crayon	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)
Our Valley	1953, November	17 1/5 x 20 1/4	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sketch for Cica in Heaven (front)	1955	9 x 12	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - blue and gray wavy shapes	unknown	13 ¾ x 10 ¼	watercolor and color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Three Standing Nudes	1948	24 x 18	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Fire Dance	1957	13 x 17	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Labyrinth	unknown	17 1/2 x 27 3/4	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Winter	1971	48 x 48	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Cica in Heaven (1)	1955	8 1/4 x 10 3/4	linocut	Prints
October Sky	1973	60 X 38 1/2	oil on Masonite	Paintings and Drawings
Sleep	1966	16 1/2 x 29	casein and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sudden Light	1964 (?)	32 x 22	Oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - nude female lying	unknown	18 x 24	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Passacaglia	1959, February	14 x 24 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Dybbuk (2)	1962	13 1/8 x 13 3/8	watercolor and pen on paper	Set/Costume design
Untitled - trees	1949	19 3/4 x 14 3/4	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Seascape	1959	16 1/4 x 25	casein on paper	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
Untitled - golden field	unknown	19 x 27 1/4	oil on board	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled illustration page 48, 49 (boy and dog)	unknown	9 x 13	pen and crayon on paper with collage	Book illustration (proposed)
Marcius	1972	17 3/4 x 13 3/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - bare trees and pond	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
The Animal Kingdom	1954	14 5/8 x 19 3/4	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Filtering Light	1992	20½ x 28	mixed media	Paintings and Drawings
Nights on the Hills	1954	21 3/4 x 27 1/2	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Afterglow	1979	36 x 40	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Drawing for Dance Movement (from chest down)	unknown	17 x 14	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Still Life With Cat	1959	27 3/4 x 39 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - three standing nudes (Back)	unknown	24 x 18	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - green and gray	unknown	11 x 14	watercolor on board	Paintings and Drawings
Ripples	1959	19 3/4 x 25 1 /4	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
The Dybbuk	1962	13 x 22 1/2	watercolor and pen on paper	Set/Costume design
Autumn Hills (2)	1978	unknown	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
August Evening	1985	52 x 40	acrylic on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Blazing Descent	unknown	33 5/8 x 39 3/4	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
White Moon	1956	unknown	casein	Paintings and Drawings
Verdant Summer	1978	18½ x 24	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Levitations	1983	20 3/4 x 28 1/2	acrylic on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - steeples	1960	5 x 14	casein on paper	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
Untitled - three standing nudes (Front)	unknown	24 x 18	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Iphigenia in Aulis	1971	21 x 14 1/2	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Kaleidoscope	1955	null	casein on paper (?)	Paintings and Drawings
Peguins	1958	5 1/4 x 23	crayon and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract blue figures on rainbow color background	unknown	13 x 18	crayon 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
Evening Glow (September Evening)	1986	15 3/4 x 10	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - bare trees on river bank	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on 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
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
Grasses (1)	1974	23 x 18	casein on rice paper	Paintings and Drawings
Waterfront	1964	13 1/4 x 22 1/4	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - Cats among shrubs	1953, December	18 x 23	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Forest	1987	45 x 53 3/4	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - white plants on blue gray background	1960	13 3/4 x 18 1/4	casein	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
Moonlit Reeds	1958	15 1/2 x 27 1/2	crayon on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Summer Leaves	1995	38 x 52	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
End of Summer	1972	20 x 27	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
Elemental Sphere	1972	20 3/4 x 28 3/4	casein and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Ill Venus	1948-1952 ca.	12 x 8 3/4	pen on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Untitled - abstract curves on blue	1979	18 1/2 x 24	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Flutterings	1983	18 x 25 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Woods	1971	unknown	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Charles Morgan: The Voyage: servant with a tray	unknown	6 1/2 x 5 2/4	casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Nymphs	1995	22 1/2 x 31 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Aviary Garden	1975 ca.	15 1/4 x 8 1/8	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Past Winter Storm	1980s ca.	31 7/8 x 41 7/8	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Butterflies	1966	29 x 24	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Long Horizon	1972	20 1/4 x 39 1/2	pen, ink and casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Flying South	1980	30 x 27 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - trees with orange sky	1995	9 x 11	color pencil 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
Scene design for Violetta’s drawing room in La Traviata	1963	14 x 28 1/2	Watercolor and ink on paper	Set/Costume design
Summer Evening (2)	1978	unknown	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Floating City	1972	19 1/4 x 24 3/4	watercolor and casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Moonlit Branches	1999 or 1996	48 x 54	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Torso (2)	unknown	11 1/2 x 9 3/4	print	Prints
Harlequin	1962	10 ¾ x 14 ½	mixed media	Paintings and Drawings
Sonatina	1970	7 1/4 x 5 1/2	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
Winter Glitter	1982 ca.	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Indian Summer	1972	27 x 35	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - yellow and red curved shapes	unknown	28 x 16	casein (?)	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - colorful rectangles	unknown	13 x 19	casein (?) on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Mountains (Sketch #2 for "The Olympics")	1988 ca.	unknown	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Gray Landscape (Lake Sunset)	1977	48 x 56	oil on canvas	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)
King Midas p6, 7	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Autumn Spray	1974	35 x 50	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Whooping Cranes	unknown	7 1/2 x 24	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - cityscape with skyscrapers (2)	1950	19 3/4 x 14 3/4	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Irises	1990's ca.	12 x 12	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - Cityscape (unfinished)	unknown	48 x 40	Casein on canvas	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Before the Storm	1966	17 3/4 x 24 1/4	casein on board	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
Autumnal Equinox (oil)	1975	40 x 42	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - sunset next to water and green field	unknown	7 x 9 1/4	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Pinnacles	1975	18 1/2 x 15	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Declining Day (Shimmering Lake)	1979	11 1/2 x 9	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - clouds and rain over city	1984	8 1/2 x 13	pen, ink and casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract 1981	1981	null	casein	Paintings and Drawings
Daffodils	1998	20 3/4 x 26 3/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Light	1978	10 x 11	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Facets	1962	19 x 15	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - Horizontal lines	1977	12 x 20	pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract earthy color plants	1953	27 x 16 1/4	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter's Crimson	1990	13 x 12 3/4	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Palace	1957, October	18 ½ x 15	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
Late Summer	1986 ca.	66 x 44	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Mural Design for Arcade Plaza Building (frontal)	1977	14 1/8 x 14 1/4 x 3 1/4	pencil and casein on paper, wood, Plexiglas	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Rising Moon (Rhythm series 2)	1974	36 x 24 1/8	casein on rice paper	Paintings and Drawings
Moonlit Forest	1955	18 x 24	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - sun over abstract flower field	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Growth (9)	1957	13 ½ x 25	Casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
King Midas p26, 27	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Untitled - abstract drawing	unknown	10 1/2 x 14 1/4	ink and watercolor on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - cityscape, orange tone	1950	29 x 21	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Branches	1992	27 x 20 1/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Night Walk	1960	23 ½ x 28 ½	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Promenade	1966	33 1/2 x 57 1/2	acrylic on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Spring Shrubs	1975	40 x 34	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Twilight	1970	48 x 57	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Preliminary design for 5'4'' x 5'4'' mosaic or ceramic tile panel	1977	9 x 9	casein and ink on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Tendrils (#3)	1996	18 x 25	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Woodland (1)	1975	30 x 36	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Blue and Green	1985	40 x 42	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Moon (two panels)	1974	each panel 24 x 33	casein on rice paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - sitting girl (Noga)	1990s ca.	18 x 12	pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Tree Forms	1975	21 1/2 x 13 1/2	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Evening Garden	1990	12 x 12	Ink and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - four female nudes (5)	1952	8 1/2 x 11	print	Prints
Untitled - four female nudes (2)	1952	8 1/2 x 11	print	Prints
Weaving Grasses	1964	12 x 28	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - tree next to water with orange hill	unknown	18 1/4 x 11 3/4	crayon on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - cityscape with skyscrapers	1950	14 3/4 x 19 3/4	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Angry Sea	1959	22 x 18	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Dissle Boy Blue (1)	unknown	10 x 16	casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Dusk (2)	1985	22 1/2 x 33	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Taking Wing	1982	22.75 x 33	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Drawing for Dance Movement (whole body)	unknown	17 x 14	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - three figures swimming with fish	unknown	20 1/2 x 28 1/2	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled illustration P6, P7 (boy and girl at Sabbath table with prayer book)	unknown	8 1/4 x 11 5/8	pen, pencil and watercolor on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Sketch for Rózsa Vilma (1)	2001	24 x 18	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Cousin Vera	1948	17 1/8 x 11 1/2	pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract curvy trees	unknown	6 1/4 x 11 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - trapezoids over sky and land	1981	20 x 28	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - crouching figure	1953	28 1/2 x 20	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Papillons	1966	29 x 21	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Icy Peaks (2)	1983	18 x 24 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Early Moon (1)	1986	15 x 9 1/2	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - portrait of art student sitting on chair in blue room	1948-1951 ca.	29 1/8 x 21 1/8	oil on canvas	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Untitled - telephone poles in white field	unknown	30 x 24	oil on board	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
Reflections (2)	1976	40 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Lilies	1998	29 1/2 x 35	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Dusk Through Trees	1979	54 x 42	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Torso (1)	unknown	11 1/2 x 9 3/4	print	Prints
Untitled - red house and telephone poles	1948-1952 ca.	25 x 19	charcoal on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
The World of Shalom Alichem costume design - Dodi	1981	10 x 8 ½	pen and color pencil on paper	Set/Costume design
Untitled - study of wavy forms	unknown	24 x 7 ½	pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - hill next to water	1949	14 3/4 x 19 3/4	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Sketch for "The Olympics"	1988 ca.	7 1/2 x 13	color pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - little houses on green and blue background	1952	12 7/8 x 17	crayon on board	Paintings and Drawings
Opalescent Evening (2)	1974	38 x 68	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Summer Day	1978	20 x 18	Casein	Paintings and Drawings
Sentinels (2)	1975	14 1/2 x 13 1/4	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Autumnal Eve	1985	66 ½ x 42 ½	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - gray background with two lines	unknown	13 x 8	watercolor and pen	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Break of Day	1970s ca.	20 x 11 1/2	pen, ink and casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The World of Shalom Alichem costume design - The Goatseller	1981	10 x 8 ½	pen and color pencil on paper	Set/Costume design
Wintry Sky	1984	40 x 52	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Splendor (1)	1975	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Repose	1964	11 x 22	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Three Directions	1983 ca.	15 x 22 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - red, yellow and white blocks on yellow and red background, white stripe on bottom (front)	1952	15 3/8 x 11 1/8	crayon on board	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - vertical green stripes	unknown	24 1/2 x 19	oil on board	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Evening on the Sound	1955	19 3/4 x 30	oil on canvas	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
Three Towers	1974	17 x 23	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - organic lines	unknown	12 ½ x 7 ½	pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green field and gray sky with yin yang shape	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor 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
Untitled - abstract lines with white circles and curves	unknown	23 3/4 x 36	color on paper mounted on board	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - unfinished abstract green hill and water with sails	unknown	17 x 18	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Sketch book 2 (cover)	unknown	11 x 14	sketch book	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Flowering Garden	1966	20 x 26	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Lar Lubovitch Dance Company	1982	28 x 38	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Forest	1950	10 1/4 x 14	Lithograph print on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Drawing for Dance Movement (two parallel figures )	unknown	17 x 14	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs