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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
Hillscape	1972	11 3/8 x 9	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Germination	1959	17 1/2 x 23 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Exercise in Space	1960	14 3/4 x 12 1/4	crayon on board	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - study of wavy forms	unknown	24 x 7 ½	pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
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
Winter	1971	48 x 48	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Copse	1978	24 x 14½	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - yellow star shapes on hot pink	1959 or 1956	19 x 25	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Bonanza	1966	38 x 48	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - four female nudes (2)	1952	8 1/2 x 11	print	Prints
Sketch for Rózsa Vilma (1)	2001	24 x 18	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - abstract colorful shapes	unknown	13 3 /8 x 30 1/8	crayon on board	Paintings and Drawings
King Midas p14, 15	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Untitled - two spooning figures	1970	12 1/2 x 23	ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green and gray	unknown	11 x 14	watercolor on board	Paintings and Drawings
Floating City	1972	19 1/4 x 24 3/4	watercolor and casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Summer's Passing	1980	50 x 46	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Summertime	1978	36 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Evening Calm	1985	10 x 10	prisma color pencils	Paintings and Drawings
Waves and Clouds	1977-1992	18 x 22	casien and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Twilight	1980s ca.	42 x 60	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Sketch for Rózsa Vilma (3)	2001	24 x 18	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Winter's Moon	1987	44 x 54	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green and black wavy shapes	unknown	11 x 8 ½	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled sketch - red abstract image with red and blue curves, with text "Happy Birthday"	unknown	8 x 10	casein on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
The Sun Comes Up in The Palace Garden	1954	17 3/8 x 23 3/8	ink and casein on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - telephone poles in white field	unknown	30 x 24	oil on board	Paintings and Drawings
Icy Peaks (2)	1983	18 x 24 1/2	casein 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
Untitled - red house and telephone poles	1948-1952 ca.	25 x 19	charcoal on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Fleeing Birds	1964	25¾ x 19½	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Leave, Dybbuk!	1963	15 x 22	pen, ink and casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - wavy lines	unknown	9 x 12	pen on paper	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Queen Anne Hill	1980's ca.	17 x 28 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Design for mural (For Children)	1950	16 x 25	mixed media on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - sunset next to water and green field	unknown	7 x 9 1/4	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Felt	1959	13 1/4 x 25 1/8	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
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
In the Fall	1985	11 x 14	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled (blue grasses)	1992	9.5 x 13	casein, pen and ink on paper	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
Untitled - abstract blue and green shapes on light brown and gray background	unknown	22 x 16	print	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)
Beyond Summer's Fields	1978	46 x 50	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - unfinished abstract green hill and water with sails	unknown	17 x 18	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
The Four Seasons (Mural, four canvases) (frontal views)	1976	48 x 87 x 4	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Rusty Hillside	1962	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Bouquet (1985)	1985	13 1/2 x 9 1/2	casein, pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Electric Night (1)	1972	28 x 21	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Break of Day	1970s ca.	20 x 11 1/2	pen, ink and casein 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
Ghosts Among Cinnamon Trees	1953	22 x 28	casein and ink 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)
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
Tree and Shrub	1964	17 x 24	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - white and pink flowers	1990s ca.	23 x 31	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Waves (2)	1974	19 1/4 x 11 1/4	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
Untitled - three standing nudes (Front)	unknown	24 x 18	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
City Dusk (2)	1977	16 x 15 1/2	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Caprice	unknown	6 x 11 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
In the Calm of the Night	1967	36 x 48	Oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Summer Leaves	1995	38 x 52	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Indian Dancers	1954	14 1/4 x 18 3/4	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter's Glow	1988	11 3/4 x 17 1/2	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - two people playing music	unknown	9 x 9 3/4	mixed media collage	Book illustration (proposed)
The Keeper of the Graves	1964	10 1/2 x 14	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Houses Afternoon	1950	23 x 28 1/2	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Goddess	1957	21 x 29	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Summer Festival	1968	unknown	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled illustration - man in white gown blowing shofar at sunrise/set	unknown	8 1/4 x 11 3/4	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Untitled - sitting girl (Noga)	1990s ca.	18 x 12	pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - trees with blue and green background	unknown	60 1/4 x 48 1/8	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - cats in various yards	1954	11 7/8 x 17 1/2	etching	Prints
Carnivorous Flora	1982 ca.	19 x 24 1/2	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Irises	1990's ca.	12 x 12	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - branches and lake	unknown	11 ½ x 9	color pencil	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 - 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 - portrait of a woman (1)	1948-1952 ca.	12 3/4 x 9	pencil on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Pinnacles	1975	18 1/2 x 15	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
King Midas - King jumps into pitcher	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Harlequin	1962	10 ¾ x 14 ½	mixed media	Paintings and Drawings
Evening Glow (September Evening)	1986	15 3/4 x 10	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Nocturne	1983	36 x 25 3/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter's Hillside	1961	35 1/2 x 29 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - golden field	unknown	19 x 27 1/4	oil on board	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - grayscale brushstrokes and drips	unknown	23 x 17 ½	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
Flowering Vines (1)	1966	21 x 27	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Green forest (sketch for deep forest?)	1975		prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Moutaintop	1975	15 x 22	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract curves on blue	1979	18 1/2 x 24	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - bare trees on river bank	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor 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
Dawn	1960	29 1/4 x 11 3/4	casein and crayon on board	Paintings and Drawings
Limelight	1964	16 x 22	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Across the Bay	1971	23 1/4 x 18 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Interior	1950	13 x 9	lithograph 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
Treescape	1986-1994	10 x 12	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Dark Forest (2)	1956, September	unknown	unknown	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn	1992	12.5 x 17	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Peguins	1958	5 1/4 x 23	crayon and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Light	1978	10 x 11	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Tree Forms	1975	21 1/2 x 13 1/2	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
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
Autumnal Eve	1985	66 ½ x 42 ½	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Torso (4)	unknown	11 1/2 x 9 3/4	print	Prints
Taking Wing	1982	22.75 x 33	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Hills (1)	1978	unknown	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Saint Paul de Vence	1971	11 1/4 x 22 1/2	casein on paper	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
Setting Sun	1970	29 x 18 1/2	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
March Sunset (oil)	1977	44 x 56	oil on canvas	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)
Three Angels	1963	15 1/2 x 25v 1/4	casein and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Moonbeam	1974	33 x 24	casein on rice paper	Paintings and Drawings
Summer Sky	unknown	14 x 40	oil	Paintings and Drawings
Charles Morgan: The Voyage: woman with blue background	unknown	6 1/2 x 6	casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
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 - turquoise and orange triangles	unknown	16 ¾ x 10 ½	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Ripening Grasses (1)	1996	25 1/2 x 21	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - man walking towards industrial building	1948-1952 ca.	25 x 19	charchoal	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Cool Land - Warm Sky	1983	38 1/2 x 28 1/2	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
Scene of Capitol Hill from the Central District, With Powerlines	1952	22.5 x 28.5	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - orange sky and brown field	unknown	44 x 66	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
Drawing for Vieled Shores	1980	9.5 x 12	color pencil	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
King Midas p16, 17	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Landscape (Night on the Lake)	2002	24 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Rózsa Vilma (memorial panel)	2001	33 x 39 1/2	mixed media photo collage	Memorial panels
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 - skinny branches next to water and hills	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - unfinished trapezoids on red	unknown	22 ½ x 15	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Vibrant Autumn (1)	1967	10 x 8	woodcut	Prints
Drawing for Dance Movement (one figure at very left of the paper)	unknown	17 x 14	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Deep Forest	1976 ca.	47 1/2 x 29 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Spring is Here (1)	1975	11 x 12 ½	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Night City	1976	13 1/2 x 9	color pencil (caryon?)	Paintings and Drawings
Wind Clouds	1982	24 1/4 x 31	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - yellow triangles on blue, orange and red pattern	unknown	14 1/2 x 12 1/2	casein on paper	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
Design for the mural The Four Seasons	1976	7 1/2 x 40 1/2	color pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Still Life With Cat	1959	27 3/4 x 39 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
The Dybbuk Act II Backdrop	1962	6 3/4 x 13 3/8	watercolor and crayon on paper	Set/Costume design
Evening	1996	20 x 16	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Briar and Reeds	1985	25 1/2 x 37	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Evening Garden	1990	12 x 12	Ink and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - nude woman	unknown	11 1/2 x 9	ink on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled illustration page 46, 47 (boy and dog)	unknown	9 x 13	pen and crayon on paper with collage	Book illustration (proposed)
Flowering Garden	1966	20 x 26	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - gray sky and brown field (2)	1980s ca.	24 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
March Sunset (pencil)	1977	16 x 15 1/2	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Neon	1961	18 ½ x 23	crayon and oil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Verdant Spring	1974	Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University Spokane, WA	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Aquarium (3)	1956	unknown	watercolor (?)	Paintings and Drawings
Ripples	1959	19 3/4 x 25 1 /4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Seaweed	1957, October	13 3/4 x 10 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - little spirals	1959	21 1/2 x 25	casein on paper	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 sketch - sketch for boy and dog illustration, studies of the dog (2)	unknown	8 1/2 x 11	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
On the Beach	1959	38 x 46	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green organic shapes with red stains	unknown	25 x 16 ½	watercolor and crayon	Paintings and Drawings
Circular Growth	1959, March	13.5 x 5.5	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sketch for Rózsa Vilma (2)	2001	18 3/4 x 12 1/4	pencil on tracing paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Autumn Spray	1974	35 x 50	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Dybbuk, preliminary study for set design - Interior of synagogue, Act III, Scene 2	1962	10 1/2 x 12 1/2	casein and ink on paper	Set/Costume design
Crimson Sunset	1990	13 x 12 1/2	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Aquarium (2)	1956	null	wax crayon	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - wavy blue rhombi	unknown	11 ¾ x 11 ¾	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - red trees in white field (1)	unknown	8 x 15 3/4	print	Prints
Day's End	1980	30 x 40	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
The Ill Venus	1948-1952 ca.	12 x 8 3/4	pen on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Ramp	1961	18 ½ x 23	mixed media and crayon on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Faragó György (memorial panel)	2002	29 1/2 x 39 1/4	mixed media photo collage	Memorial panels
Early Fall	unknown	10 3/4 x 8 1/8	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Mountain Range	1975	15 x 22	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Lake and Sky	1975	18 x 27	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - geometric sketch	unknown	15 x 10	color pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Ballet	1992	19 x 27	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - unfinished green trapezoids	unknown	16 ½ x 12	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - abstract pattern, black, red and brown	1964	19 1 /8 x 20 1 /2	ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Cica in Heaven (2)	1955	8 1/4 x 11	linocut	Prints
Variations	1959	18 3/4 x 25 1/4	watercolor and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
August's Window - Drawing version	1980	11 x 12	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Gusty Hillside	1971	54 x 30 ½	acrylic	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - dramatic figure	unknown	9 x 12	pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - trees	1949	19 3/4 x 14 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
Lights, Summer, Lake	1972	7 1/5 x 13 7/8	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - crouching figure	1953	28 1/2 x 20	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Three Figures	1974	24 x 32	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - gray sky and brown field	1980s ca.	30 x 24	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Jubilance	1964	23 1/2 x 18 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Seattle by Night (Blue Night)	1961	12 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Dark Woods	1963	21 x 25	casein and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Dark Forest	unknown	33 x 46 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings