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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
Indian Summer	1972	27 x 35	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Hillscape	1972	11 3/8 x 9	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Early Moon (2)	1990's ca.	12 x 16 1/2	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - little houses on green and blue background	1952	12 7/8 x 17	crayon on board	Paintings and Drawings
Autumnal Equinox (oil)	1975	40 x 42	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Ghosts Among Cinnamon Trees	1953	22 x 28	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Ill Venus	1948-1952 ca.	12 x 8 3/4	pen on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Cousin Vera	1948	17 1/8 x 11 1/2	pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Dybbuk Cemetery Backdrop	1962	14 x 28 1/2	watercolor and pen on paper	Set/Costume design
Celebration	1958	14 x 17	crayon on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green branches with orange and pink shadows	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract pattern, black, red and brown	1964	19 1 /8 x 20 1 /2	ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled (Mohai 4)	1950		watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The World of Shalom Alichem costume design - Rochele	1981	10 x 8 1/2	pen and color pencil on paper	Set/Costume design
Ripening Grasses (1)	1996	25 1/2 x 21	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Foliage Sunset	1991	18 1/2 x 21 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sparkling Forest	1992-1995	11 3/4 x 14 1/2	casien and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Lake and Sky	1975	18 x 27	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - blue and gray wavy shapes	unknown	13 ¾ x 10 ¼	watercolor and color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - Moon	1973	5 ½ x 8	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
Winter Sundown	unknown	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Hill Dwellings	1972	14 1/2 x 6 1/2	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter's Glow	1988	11 3/4 x 17 1/2	prisma color pencil	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 - white cartoonish buildings on red background	unknown	14 x 20	oil on board	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Sunny Forest	1957, March	unknown	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Branches	1979	24 x 36	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - three standing nudes (Front)	unknown	24 x 18	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Leaves	1996	21 x 17 1/2	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
March Sunset (oil)	1977	44 x 56	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Torso (5)	unknown	11 1/2 x 9 3/4	print	Prints
Weaving Grasses	1964	12 x 28	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract drawing	unknown	10 1/2 x 14 1/4	ink and watercolor on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Dissle Boy Blue (2)	unknown	10 x 16	casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
August’s Window	1980	36 x 40	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Hunters	1958	14 x 17	crayon and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - Horizontal lines	1977	12 x 20	pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Reflections (2)	1976	40 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Lakeshore (2)	unknown	4 x 15 3/4	prismacolor pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Electric Night (1)	1972	28 x 21	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Torso (4)	unknown	11 1/2 x 9 3/4	print	Prints
Untitled sketch - lying female nude with a vase of flowers	unknown	18 x 24	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Briar and Reeds	1985	25 1/2 x 37	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Exuberance	1995	8 3/4 x 13 3/4	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - nude woman	unknown	11 1/2 x 9	ink on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - wavy blue rhombi	unknown	11 ¾ x 11 ¾	watercolor	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
Felt	1959	13 1/4 x 25 1/8	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
After Winter Storm	1986	40 x 54	oil on Canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Sunset (in Luther Burbank Park)	1999	13 1/2 x 19 1/2	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - cats in various yards	1954	11 7/8 x 17 1/2	etching	Prints
The Animal Kingdom	1954	14 5/8 x 19 3/4	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Houses Afternoon	1950	23 x 28 1/2	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Drawing for Dance Movement (two parallel figures )	unknown	17 x 14	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
When the Sun Goes Down, the Moon Comes Up: Cica Mica, Huntress	1952	19 1/2 x 30	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Boughs	unknown	10 x 12	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
King Midas p46, 47	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Interior	1950	13 x 9	lithograph on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Rising Moon (2)	unknown	12½ x 16	prisma color pencil	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
Untitled - abstract blue figures on rainbow color background	unknown	13 x 18	crayon on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sylvan Walk	1990	25 1/4 x 21 1/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Ripples	1959	19 3/4 x 25 1 /4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - nude female figure sitting	unknown	24 x 18	charcoal on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Summer Evening	1972	35 1/4 x 39 1/4	oil	Paintings and Drawings
Imaginary Landscape	1954, November	18 x 28½	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - orange butterflies and flowers	1972	17 3/4 x 23 3/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Létay Iván (memorial panel)	2002	29 1/2 x 39 1/4	mixed media photo collage	Memorial panels
Untitled - trees with blue and green background	unknown	60 1/4 x 48 1/8	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - trees	1949	19 3/4 x 14 3/4	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Autumn	1992	12.5 x 17	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Nocturnal Fountain	1974	20 1/2 x 25 1/4	casein on rice paper	Paintings and Drawings
Night Rhythms	1985	20 1/2 x 17 1/2	casein 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
Summer Festival	1968	unknown	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Spring at Your Door	1980	21 ½ x 30	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter's Early Moon	1987	11 x 13 1/2	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - Cityscape (unfinished)	unknown	48 x 40	Casein on canvas	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Fanning Growth	1969	20 1/4 x 17 7/8	casein and ink 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
Illuminations	1971	27½ x 21½	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Torso (2)	unknown	11 1/2 x 9 3/4	print	Prints
Cica in Heaven (3)	1955	8 1/4 x 11	linocut	Prints
Untitled - puppet with red cape, sword and shield	unknown	12 3/4 x 8 3/4	mixed media on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Untitled sketch - two pink figures hugging	unknown	10 1/2 x 13 1/2	casein on board	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
King Midas p10, 11	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Sunny Windows	1995	3 x 12	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Night	1977	17 x 10.5	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Bouquet (1985)	1985	13 1/2 x 9 1/2	casein, pen and ink on paper	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)
Waterfront	1964	13 1/4 x 22 1/4	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Daylight Ends	1972	14 1/2 x 6 1/2	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract	1969		casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Vermilion Decent	1980	48 x 54	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
The Four Seasons (Mural, four canvases) (main view)	1976	48 x 87 x 4	oil on canvas	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
Spring Mountains	1954	22 1/2 x 28 1/4	watercolor and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
City Dusk (1)	1976	13 1/2 x 9	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Spring Clouds	1996	20 1/2 x 23 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Hillside	unknown	20 3/4 x 17 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Gay Shapes	1958	14 x 17	crayon 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 - study of wavy forms	unknown	24 x 7 ½	pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
The Dybbuk Act II Backdrop	1962	6 3/4 x 13 3/8	watercolor and crayon on paper	Set/Costume design
Drawing for Dance Movement (many abstract nudes)	unknown	19 x 24	pencil and charcoal on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - colorful waves	unknown	20 ½ x 12	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - white and pink flowers	1990s ca.	23 x 31	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 - wavy lines	unknown	9 x 12	pen on paper	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Break of Day	1970s ca.	20 x 11 1/2	pen, ink and casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Awakening	1975	unknown	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
Opalescent Evening (2)	1974	38 x 68	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Ballet	1992	19 x 27	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
Summer Sky	unknown	14 x 40	oil	Paintings and Drawings
The Lar Lubovitch Dance Company	1982	28 x 38	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Growth (7)	1957, April	22½ x 8½	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Tendrils (#3)	1996	18 x 25	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Forest (1)	1975	22 1/2 x 15 1/2	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Dissle Boy Blue (1)	unknown	10 x 16	casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
The World of Shalom Alichem costume design - Dodi	1981	10 x 8 ½	pen and color pencil on paper	Set/Costume design
Black Clouds (2)	1996	14 3/4 x 16 1/8	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
March Sunset (pencil)	1977	16 x 15 1/2	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Autumnal Eve	1985	66 ½ x 42 ½	oil on canvas	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 - portrait of a woman (Vera) (2)	1948	23 3/4 x 13	pencil 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
Trees (1977)	1977	30 x 48	oil on canvas	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
Saint Paul de Vence	1971	11 1/4 x 22 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Waves and Clouds	1977-1992	18 x 22	casien and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green organic shapes with red stains	unknown	25 x 16 ½	watercolor and crayon	Paintings and Drawings
Blazing Descent	unknown	33 5/8 x 39 3/4	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - four female nudes (1)	1952	8 1/2 x 11	print	Prints
Autumn Hills (1)	1978	unknown	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Rózsa Vilma (memorial panel)	2001	33 x 39 1/2	mixed media photo collage	Memorial panels
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 - abstract blue and green shapes on light brown and gray background	unknown	22 x 16	print	Paintings and Drawings
Design for the mural The Four Seasons	1976	7 1/2 x 40 1/2	color pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - telephone poles in white field	unknown	30 x 24	oil on board	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
Fever Images	1964	32 x 18	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - gray and blue blocks	1955	14 x 25 1/4	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - skinny brown trees on river bank	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Cica in Heaven (1)	1955	8 1/4 x 10 3/4	linocut	Prints
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
Mount Rainier	1975	15 x 22 1/2	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
City Garden	1990	12 x 12	ink and wash	Paintings and Drawings
Flowering Garden	1966	20 x 26	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Wind Clouds	1982	24 1/4 x 31	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Night City	1976	13 1/2 x 9	color pencil (caryon?)	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)
Mountains (1)	1975	24 x 16	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Glitter	1982 ca.	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Ballet	1961	10 x 7 1/2	casein on paper	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 - green field and gray sky with yin yang shape	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Flowers	1955	19 x 22 1/2	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Spring Shrubs	1975	40 x 34	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Spray	1974	35 x 50	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Circular Growth	1959, March	13.5 x 5.5	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - geometric composition	unknown	15 x 11	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Nights on the Hills	1954	21 3/4 x 27 1/2	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
The Keeper of the Graves	1964	10 1/2 x 14	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Ad Memoriam 1944	1967	32 x 38	acrylic, rice paper and rope on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Moonlit Reeds	1958	15 1/2 x 27 1/2	crayon on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - reflections on water	1981	20 1/2 x 18	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Samson	1965	47 1/2 x 35 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Watchful Night	1954	null	watercolor and ink on paper (?)	Paintings and Drawings
Carnivorous Flora	1982 ca.	19 x 24 1/2	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - two spooning figures	1970	12 1/2 x 23	ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Cool Forest (2)	1975	21 3/4 x 13 1/2	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Opalescent Evening	1973	46 x 50	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Repose	1964	11 x 22	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - sketches of interior scene	unknown	20 x 15	pencil and watercolor on board	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Drawing for Dance Movement (from chest down)	unknown	17 x 14	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - trapezoids over sky and land	1981	20 x 28	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Long Horizon	1972	20 1/4 x 39 1/2	pen, ink and casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sketch book 1	unknown	12 x 9	sketch book	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Winter Splendor (2)	1979	10 1/2 x 14	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green and gray	unknown	11 x 14	watercolor on board	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled (reeds)	1973	8 x 5	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
Declining Day (Shimmering Lake)	1979	11 1/2 x 9	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sunset Over Elliot Bay (winter evening)	1979 / 1980	12 1/4 X 15	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Shimmering Lake (Declining Day)	1979	34 x 46	oil on canvas	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 - portrait of a woman (Vera)	1948	13 3/8 x 10 1/2	pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Vista	1980	48 x 66	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Green forest (sketch for deep forest?)	1975		prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - yellow and red curved shapes	unknown	28 x 16	casein (?)	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Limelight	1964	16 x 22	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Dark Forest	unknown	33 x 46 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - four female nudes (5)	1952	8 1/2 x 11	print	Prints
Blue and Green	1985	40 x 42	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
King Midas p4, 5	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
King Midas p16, 17	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Sketch for Burgess p2, p3 (1)	unknown	8 3/8 x 11 5/8	pen, pencil and watercolor on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Rhythmic Forest	1969	16 1/2 x 22 1/2	ink, pen, and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings