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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 sketch - sketch for boy and dog illustration	unknown	9 3/4 x 6 3/4	pen on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
August's Window - Drawing version	1980	11 x 12	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Hill Dwellings	1972	14 1/2 x 6 1/2	mixed media 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 - trees with orange sky	1995	9 x 11	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 (?))
Evening	1978	30 x 36	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Twilight	1980s ca.	42 x 60	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - cityscape, orange tone	1950	29 x 21	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Forest (2)	1996	48 x 40 1/4	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Rusty Hillside	1962	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - yellow star shapes on hot pink	1959 or 1956	19 x 25	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Neon	1961	18 ½ x 23	crayon and oil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Twilight	1970	48 x 57	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Waves (2)	1974	19 1/4 x 11 1/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Landscape (Night on the Lake)	2002	24 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
City Dusk (1)	1976	13 1/2 x 9	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - brown background with yellow curves	1974	32 1/2 x 23 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Drawing for Dance Movement (one figure)	unknown	17 x 14	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - orange, yellow and blue shapes, pink lines	1959	8 7/8 x 11 7/8	crayon on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Samson	1965	47 1/2 x 35 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Winter’s Passing	1988	13 x 14	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Angry Sea	1959	22 x 18	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - yellow and red curved shapes	unknown	28 x 16	casein (?)	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - curves in autumnal colors	unknown	11 x 8 ¾	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Electric Night (2)	1978	28 1/2 x 36 1/2	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Ad Memoriam 1944	1967	32 x 38	acrylic, rice paper and rope on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Winter's Moon	1987	44 x 54	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Moutaintop	1975	15 x 22	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - two pink figures hugging	unknown	10 1/2 x 13 1/2	casein on board	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - abstract 1981	1981	null	casein	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - Cats among shrubs	1953, December	18 x 23	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Reflected Image	1977	36 x 24	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled_pink and purple texture	1964	14 x 10 ½	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
A Vase of Flowers	1955	27 x 21 3/4	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
City Structures	1959	21 x 24	ink and tempura on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Charles Morgan: The Voyage: couples in the garden	unknown	6 1/2 x 6	casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Ramp	1961	18 ½ x 23	mixed media and crayon on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Dissle Boy Blue (1)	unknown	10 x 16	casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Sunlight and Shade	1999	30 ½ x 40	Oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Torso (6)	unknown	11 1/2 x 9 3/4	print	Prints
Untitled - branches and lake	unknown	11 ½ x 9	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Lake and Sky	1975	18 x 27	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Torso (2)	unknown	11 1/2 x 9 3/4	print	Prints
Cica in Heaven (2)	1955	8 1/4 x 11	linocut	Prints
Sketch for Rózsa Vilma (3)	2001	24 x 18	pencil 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
Untitled - gray sky and brown field (2)	1980s ca.	24 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Fleeing Birds	1964	25¾ x 19½	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Goddess	1957	21 x 29	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Deep Forest	1976 ca.	47 1/2 x 29 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - figure sitting in chair with blue stripes	unknown	25 x 19	color pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Still Life	1956	22 x 28 1/4	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
August Evening	1985	52 x 40	acrylic 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 illustration page 48, 49 (boy and dog)	unknown	9 x 13	pen and crayon on paper with collage	Book illustration (proposed)
Nocturnal Fountain	1974	20 1/2 x 25 1/4	casein on rice paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Trees	1991	14.5 x 12	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Metamorphosis	1966	37 1/2 x 47 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract blue figures on rainbow color background	unknown	13 x 18	crayon on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Drawing for Dusk Through Trees	1979		color pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
In the Fall	1985	11 x 14	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Evening Meadow	1992	29 x 19	acrylic on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled (The Visitor)	1954	23 x 29	Casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - ephemeral land and sky	unknown	15 ¾ x 11 ½	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Autumn	1992	12.5 x 17	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Foliage Sunset	1991	18 1/2 x 21 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - cats and houses	unknown	16 x 7 3/4	print	Prints
Untitled sketch - nude female figure sitting	unknown	24 x 18	charcoal on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Sketch for Burgess p2, p3 (2)	unknown	8 3/8 x 11 5/8	pen, pencil and watercolor on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Untitled sketch - lying female nude with a vase of flowers	unknown	18 x 24	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Summer Grasses (2)	1992-1995	12 3/4 x 11	prisma color pencil 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
The World of Shalom Alichem costume design - Rochele	1981	10 x 8 1/2	pen and color pencil on paper	Set/Costume design
Untitled - vertical green stripes	unknown	24 1/2 x 19	oil on board	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Spring at Your Door	1980	21 ½ x 30	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - woman among reeds	unknown	12 ¼ x 7 ¾	watercolor and pen	Paintings and Drawings
Evening	1996	20 x 16	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Waterbirds	1977	9 x 9	casein	Paintings and Drawings
Floating City	1972	19 1/4 x 24 3/4	watercolor and 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
Puget Sound Twilight	1950	11 5/8 x 12 7/8	prisma color pencil on paper	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
Rising Moon (2)	unknown	12½ x 16	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Our Valley	1953, November	17 1/5 x 20 1/4	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sleep	1966	16 1/2 x 29	casein and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter's Glow	1988	11 3/4 x 17 1/2	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Drawing for Dance Movement (two parallel figures )	unknown	17 x 14	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - yellow light beams over field	1960	8 x 10	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled illustration page 46, 47 (boy and dog)	unknown	9 x 13	pen and crayon on paper with collage	Book illustration (proposed)
Organic (2)	1959	10 x 25	ink and wash 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
Untitled - colorful rectangles	unknown	13 x 19	casein (?) on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - black and brown bare trees	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sunset (in Luther Burbank Park)	1999	13 1/2 x 19 1/2	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Night City	1976	13 1/2 x 9	color pencil (caryon?)	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
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
Untitled - unfinished green trapezoids	unknown	16 ½ x 12	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - lake, hill and tree	unknown	20 x 12	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Women with Timbrels	1966	unkown	unknown	Paintings and Drawings
Flowers	1955	19 x 22 1/2	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Summer Evening	1972	35 1/4 x 39 1/4	oil	Paintings and Drawings
Irises	1990's ca.	12 x 12	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - telephone poles in white field	unknown	30 x 24	oil on board	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green stripes	unknown	18 x 39	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Vibrant Autumn (edition 2-6)	1967	10 x 8	woodcut	Prints
Untitled - green foliage	unknown	30 x 24	oil on board	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - sail boats and cityscape	1950	14 3/4 x 19 3/4	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
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 - cats in various yards (2)	1954	11 3/4 x 17 5/8	etching	Prints
Motivated Forms	1957, September	29 x 20 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - pink and gray texture	unknown	21 ¾ x 12 ½	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Jubilance	1964	23 1/2 x 18 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
King Midas p16, 17	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Untitled - portrait of a woman with eyes closed	1948-1952 ca.	12 3/4 x 8 3/4	pencil on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Untitled - Neighborhood	1953, February	21 1/4 x 27 1/2	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Red Carnations	1975	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Dark Forest	unknown	33 x 46 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - red, pink, green and orange shapes	unknown	9 x 12	pen and color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
The Dybbuk (2)	1962	13 1/8 x 13 3/8	watercolor and pen on paper	Set/Costume design
Saint Paul de Vence (2)	1971	49 3/4 x 29 3/4	acrylic on board	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled illustration - man in white gown blowing shofar at sunrise/set (2)	unknown	16 1/4 x 29 1/4	watercolor and pencil on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Oriental Fantasy	1957, June	unknown	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - fields landscape	unknown	14 ½ x 11	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Winter's Green	1990	40 x 54	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Wind Clouds	1982	24 1/4 x 31	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Flutterings	1983	18 x 25 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Summer Twilight	1978	35 3/4 x 29 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - nude female lying	unknown	18 x 24	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - cityscape with skyscrapers	1950	14 3/4 x 19 3/4	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Untitled - nude female figures dancing (light orange)	1990s ca.	15 1/2 x 24	pencil and casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sunny Forest	1957, March	unknown	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
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 sketch - boy reading in chair and four women in dresses (front)	unknown	17 3/4 x 14	pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Declining Day (Shimmering Lake)	1979	11 1/2 x 9	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Evening on the Sound	1955	19 3/4 x 30	oil on canvas	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
Sketch book 2 (inside)	unknown	11 x 14	sketch book	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
On the Beach	1959	38 x 46	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Winter's Gold	1990's ca.	11 x 13 3/4	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Sketch book 2 (cover)	unknown	11 x 14	sketch book	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - three figures swimming with fish	unknown	20 1/2 x 28 1/2	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Forest	1950	10 1/4 x 14	Lithograph print on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Thicket (2)	1979	11.75 x 14.75	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - blue natural scene	unknown	15 ½ x 11 ½	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
Drawing for Dance Movement (one figure at very left of the paper)	unknown	17 x 14	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Summer Leaves	1995	38 x 52	oil on canvas	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 - steeples	1960	5 x 14	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 - self portrait with cats	1956	48 x 42	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Verdant Summer	1978	18½ x 24	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Flowering Garden	1966	20 x 26	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Forest (1)	1975	22 1/2 x 15 1/2	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Forest	1987	45 x 53 3/4	oil on canvas	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)
Caprice	unknown	6 x 11 1/2	casein 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
Sentinels (2)	1975	14 1/2 x 13 1/4	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Mountains (2)	1978	11 1/4 x 15 1/2	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - four female nudes (3)	1952	8 1/2 x 11	print	Prints
Untitled - colorful stripes	unknown	17 ½ x 10 ¼	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - house with green roof and a bare tree	1950	21 x 14 1/2	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Ballet	1992	19 x 27	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - sunset next to water and green field	unknown	7 x 9 1/4	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter	1971	48 x 48	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Fanning Growth	1969	20 1/4 x 17 7/8	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Mountains (Sketch #2 for "The Olympics")	1988 ca.	unknown	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Cica in Heaven (3)	1955	8 1/4 x 11	linocut	Prints
Untitled (blue grasses)	1992	9.5 x 13	casein, pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled (leaves/moving lines)	1983	10 ½ x 12 ½	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Evening Comes	1972	13 x 8 1/2	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Variations	1959	18 3/4 x 25 1/4	watercolor and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Indian Dancers	1954	14 1/4 x 18 3/4	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Olympics	1988	40 x 60	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
Earth and Sky	1975	32 x 38	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled (reeds)	1973	8 x 5	watercolor	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
Facets	1962	19 x 15	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Tendrils	1958 ca.	8 1/4 x 23 1/4	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Afterglow	1978	11 1/2 x 13	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Bouquet (1987)	1987	13 3/8 x 9 3/8	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
Many Moons	1957	11 x 13 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Hills (1)	1978	unknown	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
In the Calm of the Night	1967	36 x 48	Oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Butterflies	1966	29 x 24	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - sitting figure	unknown	18 x 24	charcoal on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - white houses on hill	1954	19 3/4 x 14 3/4	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Illuminations	1971	27½ x 21½	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sketch book 1	unknown	12 x 9	sketch book	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Winter Woods	1971	unknown	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Cool Forest	1975	21 3/4 x 13 3/8	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - red background with abstract trees	unknown	17 x 26 1/4	casein, ink and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Exuberance	1995	8 3/4 x 13 3/4	casien 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 (?))
Fire Dance	1957	13 x 17	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings