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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 - sitting girl (Noga)	1990s ca.	18 x 12	pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - self portrait with cats	1956	48 x 42	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - orange sky and brown field	unknown	44 x 66	oil on canvas	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 - white cat sleeping next to yellow flowers	1950s ca.	12 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green trees, gray house, bench and telephone poles	1950	14 3/4 x 19 3/4	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Untitled (leaves/moving lines)	1983	10 ½ x 12 ½	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract, purple background, yellow, orange, brown and green short lines, blue curves	1971	41 x 34 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Setting Sun	1970	29 x 18 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - yellow and red curved shapes	unknown	28 x 16	casein (?)	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - tree next to water with orange hill	unknown	18 1/4 x 11 3/4	crayon on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Summertime	1978	36 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Hills (2)	1978	unknown	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Weaving Grasses	1964	12 x 28	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Rising Moon (2)	unknown	12½ x 16	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
August Evening	1985	52 x 40	acrylic on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Floating City	1972	19 1/4 x 24 3/4	watercolor and casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Growth (9)	1957	13 ½ x 25	Casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Summer Leaves	1995	38 x 52	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Reflected Image	1977	36 x 24	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Hunters	1958	14 x 17	crayon and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Metamorphosis	1966	37 1/2 x 47 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
A Vase of Flowers	1955	27 x 21 3/4	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
Mural design for Arcade Plaza Building (second angle)	1977	13 1/2 x 14 1/2	pencil and casein on paper, wood, Plexiglas	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - cityscape with skyscrapers	1950	14 3/4 x 19 3/4	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Untitled - colorful seaweed	unknown	16 3/4 x 22	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Black Clouds (2)	1996	14 3/4 x 16 1/8	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Tendrils (#3)	1996	18 x 25	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sentinels (2)	1975	14 1/2 x 13 1/4	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Black Clouds (1)	1996	15 x 25 3/4	prismacolor pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - wavy blue rhombi	unknown	11 ¾ x 11 ¾	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - cityscape with big tree at night	1954	20 x 6	casein on board	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - dramatic figure	unknown	9 x 12	pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - brown trees on pink and blue background	unknown	17 x 19	casein and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - bare trees on river bank	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Saint Paul de Vence (3)	1972	unknown	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
King Midas - King jumps into pitcher	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Untitled - house next to water and anchored boats	1947 (?)	9 x 7 3/4	charcoal on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - portrait of woman with hand against head	1948-1952 ca.	12 7/8 x 8 7/8	pencil on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Yesterday's Dream	1964	18 1/2 x 23	casein	Paintings and Drawings
Waterbirds	1977	9 x 9	casein	Paintings and Drawings
Evening on the Sound	1955	19 3/4 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green and black wavy shapes	unknown	11 x 8 ½	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Briar and Reeds	1985	25 1/2 x 37	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Day's End	1980	30 x 40	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Vermilion Decent	1980	48 x 54	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Blue Glow	1970	37 x 46	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Moon and Street Light	1954	26 x 32	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Dark Forest (2)	1956, September	unknown	unknown	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - lying female nude with a vase of flowers	unknown	18 x 24	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - wavy lines	unknown	9 x 12	pen on paper	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Winter Tide	1971	48 x 48	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Vibrant Autumn (edition 2-6)	1967	10 x 8	woodcut	Prints
King Midas p6, 7	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Serenity Pursued	1964	18 ½ x 23	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Tree and Shrub	1964	17 x 24	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Forest	1987	10 x 16	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Aviary Garden	1975 ca.	15 1/4 x 8 1/8	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Splendor (1)	1975	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Moon Reflections (2)	1987	28 x 32 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - abstract green bushes	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled_pink and purple texture	1964	14 x 10 ½	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
Rhythmic Forest	1969	16 1/2 x 22 1/2	ink, pen, and wash on paper	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 - half dark blue, half dark green. with yellow stripes	unknown	19 x 29	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - orange and blue blocks	unknown	8 1/2 x 11	color pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Pinnacles	1975	18 1/2 x 15	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Lilies	1998	29 1/2 x 35	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - Cityscape (unfinished)	unknown	48 x 40	Casein on canvas	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - red, pink, green and orange shapes	unknown	9 x 12	pen and color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
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
The Ill Venus	1948-1952 ca.	12 x 8 3/4	pen on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Untitled - cats and houses	unknown	16 x 7 3/4	print	Prints
March Sunset (pencil)	1977	16 x 15 1/2	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - three plants, autumn color	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Dominant Glow	1969	46 1/4 x 40	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - Horizontal lines	1977	12 x 20	pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - lake, hill and tree	unknown	20 x 12	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Aquarium	unknown	15 x 23 3/4	wax crayon	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract colorful shapes	unknown	13 3 /8 x 30 1/8	crayon on board	Paintings and Drawings
Dusk (2)	1985	22 1/2 x 33	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Branches	1979	24 x 36	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
The Keeper of the Graves	1964	10 1/2 x 14	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sketch for Rózsa Vilma (3)	2001	24 x 18	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Isolated Realm	1972	14½ x 19½	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Treescape	1986-1994	10 x 12	prisma color pencil	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
Spring is Here (1)	1975	11 x 12 ½	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter's Green	1990	40 x 54	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - nude female figures dancing (pink)	1995	8 1/2 x 13 3/4	casein and pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Exercise in Space	1960	14 3/4 x 12 1/4	crayon on board	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - yellow star shapes on hot pink	1959 or 1956	19 x 25	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Rózsa Vilma (memorial panel)	2001	33 x 39 1/2	mixed media photo collage	Memorial panels
March Sky and Lake	1977	60 x 42	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Forest (1)	1975	22 1/2 x 15 1/2	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - four female nudes (5)	1952	8 1/2 x 11	print	Prints
Undulations	1966	37 1/2 x 29 1/2	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)
Untitled - little spirals	1959	21 1/2 x 25	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
Untitled sketch - sitting figure	unknown	18 x 24	charcoal on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - moon and orange spirals	unknown	9 x 12	casein (?)	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green stripes	unknown	18 x 39	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled illustration - Hebrew people come to Egypt	unknown	8 1/4 x 11 5/8	pen, pencil and watercolor on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Untitled - vertical green stripes	unknown	24 1/2 x 19	oil on board	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Evening Calm	1985	10 x 10	prisma color pencils	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - purple flowers and green leaves	unknown	9 1/2 x 18 1/4	casein on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - clouds and rain over city	1984	8 1/2 x 13	pen, ink and casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Parting	1966	16 1/2 x 23	pen, ink and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Imaginary Landscape	1954, November	18 x 28½	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Foliage Sunset	1991	18 1/2 x 21 1/2	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
Daffodils	1998	20 3/4 x 26 3/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter's Gold	1990's ca.	11 x 13 3/4	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Torso (4)	unknown	11 1/2 x 9 3/4	print	Prints
Untitled - small abstract drawing with red, blue and gray curvy lines	1963	5 1/4 x 8 1/2	pen on paper mounted on board	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - organic lines	unknown	12 ½ x 7 ½	pencil	Paintings and Drawings
The Sun Comes Up in The Palace Garden	1954	17 3/8 x 23 3/8	ink and casein on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Marcius	1972	17 3/4 x 13 3/4	casein on paper	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 - yellow light beams over field	1960	8 x 10	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Hillside	unknown	20 3/4 x 17 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Moon (two panels)	1974	each panel 24 x 33	casein on rice paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - four women dancing in dresses	unknown	3 1/2 x 8 1/2	pen on paper	Set/Costume design
Untitled - pink and purple stripes through dark woods	unknown	22 x 28 1/2	crayon on paper (?)	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - full and crescent moons over abstract woods	1970	28 x 16	crayon on board	Paintings and Drawings
Moonlit Reeds	1958	15 1/2 x 27 1/2	crayon on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Mountains (Sketch #2 for "The Olympics")	1988 ca.	unknown	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Exuberance	1995	8 3/4 x 13 3/4	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - nude sitting on stool	1948-1952 ca.	24 x 18	oil on canvas	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Sleeping Cats	1959	24 1/2 x 18 1/2	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter's Early Moon	1987	11 x 13 1/2	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - four female nudes (4)	1952	8 1/2 x 11	print	Prints
Untitled - gray sky and brown field (2)	1980s ca.	24 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - unfinished treescape	unknown	16 x 9 ½	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Winter Woodland (1)	1975	30 x 36	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Red Carnations	1975	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - light blue texture	unknown	10 ½ x 7 ¾	casein (?)	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Aquarium (3)	1956	unknown	watercolor (?)	Paintings and Drawings
When the Sun Goes Down, the Moon Comes Up: Cica Mica, Huntress	1952	19 1/2 x 30	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Summer Night	1978	21 x 19	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Aquarium (2)	1956	null	wax crayon	Paintings and Drawings
Scintillation	1977	19 x 25	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - trees	1949	19 3/4 x 14 3/4	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
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
Untitled sketch - nude female figure standing with a round object and the back of the figure (back)	unknown	25 x 19	charcoal on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Happy Journey	1958, December	unknown	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Towering Peaks	1974	26 x 36	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
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
Untitled sketch - red abstract image with red and blue curves, with text "Happy Birthday"	unknown	8 x 10	casein on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Blue Beyond	1996	48 x 48	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - sun over abstract flower field	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
King Midas p4, 5	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
The Dybbuk (2)	1962	13 1/8 x 13 3/8	watercolor and pen on paper	Set/Costume design
Madonna with child	1966	23 ¾ x 23 ¼	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - trees and shrubs	1991	unknown	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - orange, purple and red rectangles with orange horizon	1996	13 3/4 x 21	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
In the Fall	1985	11 x 14	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Ghosts Among Cinnamon Trees	1953	22 x 28	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled (reeds)	1973	8 x 5	watercolor	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
Goddess	1957	21 x 29	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Hill Across Water	1972	30 x 28½	Casein (on two pieces of canvas enclosed in plastic)	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green organic shapes with red stains	unknown	25 x 16 ½	watercolor and crayon	Paintings and Drawings
Afterglow	1978	11 1/2 x 13	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Dissle Boy Blue (1)	unknown	10 x 16	casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Hill Dwellings	1972	14 1/2 x 6 1/2	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Twilight	1980s ca.	42 x 60	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - Optic sunrise	1966	28 x 20 3/4	casein and watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - fields landscape	unknown	14 ½ x 11	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Channan: "Seeing you here makes life worth living", Dybbuk	1962	21 3/4 x 28	casein, ink and wash on paper	Set/Costume design
Gray Landscape (Lake Sunset)	1977	48 x 56	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Earth and Sky	1975	32 x 38	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Ripening Grasses (1)	1996	25 1/2 x 21	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - blue and gray wavy shapes	unknown	13 ¾ x 10 ¼	watercolor and color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Butterflies	1966	29 x 24	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - angular flowers	unknown	24 x 18	casein (?) on canvas	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Grasses (1)	1974	23 x 18	casein on rice paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - watercolor	unknown	14 3/4 x 19 3/4	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - pink and gray texture	unknown	21 ¾ x 12 ½	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Spring Shrubs	1975	40 x 34	oil on canvas	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)
Winter	1971	48 x 48	oil on canvas	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
Fleeing Birds	1964	25¾ x 19½	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Drawing for Dusk Through Trees	1979		color pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Mountain Range	1975	15 x 22	color pencil	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
Winter Forest (2)	1996	48 x 40 1/4	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green branches with orange and pink shadows	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
King Midas p10, 11	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Untitled - unfinished trapezoids on red	unknown	22 ½ x 15	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
August	1985	38 1/2 x 54	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Copse	1978	24 x 14½	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Irises	1990's ca.	12 x 12	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Oriental City	1955, July	18 x 24	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Cousin Vera	1948	17 1/8 x 11 1/2	pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract grasses	1992	19 x 29	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Three Towers	1974	17 x 23	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings