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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 - still river with green river bank	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - red house and telephone poles	1948-1952 ca.	25 x 19	charcoal on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Blue and Green	1985	40 x 42	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - 1 out of 2 sketches of abstract geometric shapes (no color)	unknown	7 1/2 x 17	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - ephemeral land and sky	unknown	15 ¾ x 11 ½	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
The Heart of the Night	1983	38 3/4 x 28 1/2	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - three figures swimming with fish	unknown	20 1/2 x 28 1/2	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter's Moon	1987	44 x 54	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - Cats among shrubs	1953, December	18 x 23	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green and black wavy shapes	unknown	11 x 8 ½	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Annunciation	1966	14 3/4 x 22 3/4	ink and watercolor with wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - vertical green stripes	unknown	24 1/2 x 19	oil on board	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Early Moon (1)	1986	15 x 9 1/2	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - puppet with red cape, sword and shield	unknown	12 3/4 x 8 3/4	mixed media on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Fire Dance	1957	13 x 17	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - Floating Bridge	1951	22 1/2 x 28 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
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
Nocturne	1983	36 x 25 3/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Design for Budapest-Seattle Art Exchange poster	1993	14 x 17	collage and pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Waves and Clouds	1977-1992	18 x 22	casien and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Hill Dwellings	1972	14 1/2 x 6 1/2	mixed media 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
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
Sparkling Forest	1992-1995	11 3/4 x 14 1/2	casien and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Setting Sun	1970	29 x 18 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
August’s Window	1980	36 x 40	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Fanning Growth	1969	20 1/4 x 17 7/8	casein and ink 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
Untitled - Moon	1973	5 ½ x 8	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Motivated Forms	1957, September	29 x 20 1/2	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
Untitled - sunset on brown field	unknown	20 x 22	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Wheat Field	1964	48 x 48 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Oriental Fantasy	1957, June	unknown	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sunny Forest	1957, March	unknown	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Two Insects	1959	11 x 22 1/2	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Weaving Grasses	1964	12 x 28	pen and ink 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
Rusty Hillside	1962	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
King Midas p26, 27	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Daylight Ends	1972	14 1/2 x 6 1/2	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Blue Beyond	1996	48 x 48	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Glitter	1982 ca.	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Chelan	1977	15 x 18	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - blue and gray wavy shapes	unknown	13 ¾ x 10 ¼	watercolor and color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Winter's Crimson	1990	13 x 12 3/4	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Seascape	1959	16 1/4 x 25	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - three standing nudes (Back)	unknown	24 x 18	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Flying South	1980	30 x 27 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Many Moons	1957	11 x 13 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Dybbuk Act II Backdrop	1962	6 3/4 x 13 3/8	watercolor and crayon on paper	Set/Costume design
Untitled - red trees in white field (1)	unknown	8 x 15 3/4	print	Prints
King Midas p4, 5	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Winter Tide	1971	48 x 48	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
March Sky and Lake	1977	60 x 42	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Summertime	1978	36 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - red, pink, green and orange shapes	unknown	9 x 12	pen and color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled illustration page 48, 49 (boy and dog)	unknown	9 x 13	pen and crayon on paper with collage	Book illustration (proposed)
Sunset Over Elliot Bay (winter evening)	1979 / 1980	12 1/4 X 15	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Queen Anne Hill	1980's ca.	17 x 28 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - portrait of a woman (Vera)	1948	13 3/8 x 10 1/2	pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Vibrant Autumn (edition 2-6)	1967	10 x 8	woodcut	Prints
Untitled - two black standing figures with one big white lying figure	unknown	16 1/2 x 23 1/4	casein and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - trees and shrubs	1991	unknown	color pencil 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
Green forest (sketch for deep forest?)	1975		prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Flowers	1955	19 x 22 1/2	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Fleeing Birds	1964	25¾ x 19½	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Tendrils (#3)	1996	18 x 25	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Afterglow	1978	11 1/2 x 13	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - man walking towards industrial building	1948-1952 ca.	25 x 19	charchoal	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Break of Day	1970s ca.	20 x 11 1/2	pen, ink and casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - nude sitting on stool	1948-1952 ca.	24 x 18	oil on canvas	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Untitled - light blue texture	unknown	10 ½ x 7 ¾	casein (?)	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - white cat with red and purple flowers	1950s ca.	21 3/4 x 28	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - colorful waves	unknown	20 ½ x 12	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
Drawing for Dance Movement (two parallel figures )	unknown	17 x 14	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Mountains (Sketch #2 for "The Olympics")	1988 ca.	unknown	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Sunset	unknown	28 x 32	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green branches with orange and pink shadows	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Poles Going Uphill	1950	27 1/2 x 22	oil on canvas	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Charles Morgan: The Voyage: woman with blue background	unknown	6 1/2 x 6	casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Winter's Glow	1988	11 3/4 x 17 1/2	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
King Midas p46, 47	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Autumn Awakening	1975	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract blue and green shapes on light brown and gray background	unknown	22 x 16	print	Paintings and Drawings
Mountains (2)	1978	11 1/4 x 15 1/2	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Crimson Sunset	1990	13 x 12 1/2	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - Neighborhood	1953, February	21 1/4 x 27 1/2	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Haze (2)	1975	48 x 32	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - hill next to water	1949	14 3/4 x 19 3/4	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Untitled - trees with orange sky	1995	9 x 11	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - autumn woods	1960	19 1/2 x 14 1/2	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Shafts of Light	1977	21 x 14	color pencil	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
City Garden	1990	12 x 12	ink and wash	Paintings and Drawings
On the Beach	1959	38 x 46	oil on canvas	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)
Untitled - sail boats and cityscape	1950	14 3/4 x 19 3/4	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Sleeping Birds	1959	32 x 38 1/2	oil on board	Paintings and Drawings
Across the Bay	1971	23 1/4 x 18 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Bonanza	1966	38 x 48	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Sketch book 2 (inside)	unknown	11 x 14	sketch book	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
Leave, Dybbuk!	1963	15 x 22	pen, ink and 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 - purple flowers and green leaves	unknown	9 1/2 x 18 1/4	casein on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Winter Splendor (1)	1975	unknown	oil on canvas	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
Cica in Heaven (1)	1955	8 1/4 x 10 3/4	linocut	Prints
King Midas p42, 43	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Untitled - brown trees on pink and blue background	unknown	17 x 19	casein and wash 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
Opalescent Evening	1973	46 x 50	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Sketch for "The Olympics"	1988 ca.	7 1/2 x 13	color pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Waves	1973	27 x 70	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - four female nudes (3)	1952	8 1/2 x 11	print	Prints
Filtering Light	1992	20½ x 28	mixed media	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - nude female figure sitting	unknown	24 x 18	charcoal on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Lake and Sky	1975	18 x 27	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Nymphs	1995	22 1/2 x 31 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sketch for Cica in Heaven (back)	1955	9 x 12	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Moon and Street Light	1954	26 x 32	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Dark Forest	unknown	33 x 46 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Kaleidoscope	1955	null	casein 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
Lights, Summer, Lake	1972	7 1/5 x 13 7/8	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Lar Lubovitch Dance Company	1982	28 x 38	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Marcius	1972	17 3/4 x 13 3/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
City Lights (Glittering Sunset)	1977	42 x 60	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Spring Shrubs	1975	40 x 34	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - fields landscape	unknown	14 ½ x 11	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Moonlit Reeds	1958	15 1/2 x 27 1/2	crayon on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Bucolic Weeds	1991		oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Jeté	1983	11 1/2 x 9	pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Hillscape	1972	11 3/8 x 9	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Seattle by Night (Blue Night)	1961	12 x 30	oil on canvas	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
Sketch for Rózsa Vilma (2)	2001	18 3/4 x 12 1/4	pencil on tracing paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Long Horizon	1972	20 1/4 x 39 1/2	pen, ink and casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green and gray	unknown	11 x 14	watercolor on board	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Woods	1971	unknown	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
October's Wind	1966	18 1/2 x 23	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - colorful seaweed	unknown	16 3/4 x 22	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled (reeds)	1973	8 x 5	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
The Convert	unknown	11 x 5 1/2	ink on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Sunrise	1995	3 x12	casein and color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - little spirals	1959	21 1/2 x 25	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
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
Ballet	1992	19 x 27	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Spray	1974	35 x 50	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Summer Twilight	1978	35 3/4 x 29 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - cartoonish buildings on hills	1954	14 3/8 x 19 3/4	ink and casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Summer Night	1978	21 x 19	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Dawn	1960	29 1/4 x 11 3/4	casein and crayon on board	Paintings and Drawings
Growth (9)	1957	13 ½ x 25	Casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green, blue and red rectangles on gray background	1958	19 3/4 x 26	casein, pen and pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Blue Glow	1970	37 x 46	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract 1981	1981	null	casein	Paintings and Drawings
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 Judgment of Paris	1972	20 1 /2 x 27 3/4	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Aviary Garden	1975 ca.	15 1/4 x 8 1/8	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green organic shapes with red stains	unknown	25 x 16 ½	watercolor and crayon	Paintings and Drawings
Summer Grasses (2)	1992-1995	12 3/4 x 11	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - gray sky and brown field	1980s ca.	30 x 24	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - self portrait with cats	1956	48 x 42	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Woodland (2)	1975	30 x 36	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Drawing for Dance Movement (many abstract nudes)	unknown	19 x 24	pencil and charcoal on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - Horizontal lines	1977	12 x 20	pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - water plants	unknown	19 ½ x 14	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn	1992	12.5 x 17	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Aquarium	unknown	15 x 23 3/4	wax crayon	Paintings and Drawings
They Hold His Arms Up Until the Sun Sets Down - Exodus (3)	1952	11 1/2 x 11 1/2	color lithograph	Prints
Untitled - unfinished green trapezoids	unknown	16 ½ x 12	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Sunset (in Luther Burbank Park)	1999	13 1/2 x 19 1/2	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Autumnal Equinox (oil)	1975	40 x 42	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - woman in blue coat	1948-1951 ca.	24 x 15	oil on canvas	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Untitled - four female nudes (5)	1952	8 1/2 x 11	print	Prints
Pervading Sundown	1983	14 1/2 x 22 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Faragó Gábor (memorial panel)	2002	29 1/2 x 39 1/4	mixed media photo collage	Memorial panels
Saint Paul de Vence (3)	1972	unknown	casein 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
The Dybbuk (2)	1962	13 1/8 x 13 3/8	watercolor and pen 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
Before the Storm	1966	17 3/4 x 24 1/4	casein on board	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - nude woman	unknown	11 1/2 x 9	ink on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
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 - abstract autumn color leaves	1950	12 3/4 x 17	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Leaves	1996	21 x 17 1/2	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - tropical scene, four people rowing on a boat	unknown	10½ x 25	pen on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Tree Forms	1975	21 1/2 x 13 1/2	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Night	1977	17 x 10.5	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Samson	1965	47 1/2 x 35 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Hillside	unknown	20 3/4 x 17 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Evening Meadow	1992	29 x 19	acrylic on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Nights on the Hills	1954	21 3/4 x 27 1/2	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Night Rhythms	1985	20 1/2 x 17 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Houses Afternoon	1950	23 x 28 1/2	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Peguins	1958	5 1/4 x 23	crayon and ink on paper	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