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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 - sketches of interior scene	unknown	20 x 15	pencil and watercolor on board	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled sketch - four women dancing in dresses	unknown	3 1/2 x 8 1/2	pen on paper	Set/Costume design
Rays of Light	1977	48 x 60	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - pink and purple stripes through dark woods	unknown	22 x 28 1/2	crayon on paper (?)	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - orange sky and brown field	unknown	44 x 66	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Saint Paul de Vence (2)	1971	49 3/4 x 29 3/4	acrylic on board	Paintings and Drawings
Sketch for Burgess p2, p3 (3)	unknown	8 3/8 x 11 5/8	pen, pencil and watercolor on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
The Parting	1966	16 1/2 x 23	pen, ink and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Green forest (sketch for deep forest?)	1975		prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled_pink and purple texture	1964	14 x 10 ½	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
Growth (4)	1955	unknown	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - wavy blue rhombi	unknown	11 ¾ x 11 ¾	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Blazing Descent	unknown	33 5/8 x 39 3/4	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Sorrow	1957	9 1/4 x 23 3/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Windblown Reeds	1956	11 x 9 5/8	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
Wind Clouds	1982	24 1/4 x 31	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Orange Sunset (Winter Sky with Leafless Trees)	1961	27 7/8 x 21 3/4	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
Weaving Grasses	1964	12 x 28	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - sunset on brown field	unknown	20 x 22	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - full and crescent moons over abstract woods	1970	28 x 16	crayon on board	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - white plants on blue gray background	1960	13 3/4 x 18 1/4	casein	Paintings and Drawings
Moon and Street Light	1954	26 x 32	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Drawing for Dance Movement (from chest down)	unknown	17 x 14	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled illustration page 20, 21 (boy and dog)	unknown	9 x 13	pen and crayon on paper with collage	Book illustration (proposed)
Untitled - red house and telephone poles	1948-1952 ca.	25 x 19	charcoal on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Summer Leaves	1995	38 x 52	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Break of Day	1970s ca.	20 x 11 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
Ghosts Among Cinnamon Trees	1953	22 x 28	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Past Winter Storm	1980s ca.	31 7/8 x 41 7/8	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
October's Wind	1966	18 1/2 x 23	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Circular Growth	1959, March	13.5 x 5.5	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Levitations	1983	20 3/4 x 28 1/2	acrylic on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Angry Sea	1959	22 x 18	mixed media 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
Drawing for Dusk Through Trees	1979		color pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Jubilance	1964	23 1/2 x 18 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Shimmering Lake (Declining Day)	1979	34 x 46	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)
Winter's Hillside	1961	35 1/2 x 29 1/2	oil on canvas	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
The Keeper of the Graves	1964	10 1/2 x 14	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Tranquil Shadows	1983	27 1/2 x 20 1/2	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Evening Glow (September Evening)	1986	15 3/4 x 10	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Trees (1977)	1977	30 x 48	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Long Horizon	1972	20 1/4 x 39 1/2	pen, ink and casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
A Vase of Flowers	1955	27 x 21 3/4	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
August Evening	1985	52 x 40	acrylic on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Charles Morgan: The Voyage: woman with blue background	unknown	6 1/2 x 6	casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Preliminary design for 5'4'' x 5'4'' mosaic or ceramic tile panel	1977	9 x 9	casein and ink on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Sonatina	1970	7 1/4 x 5 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Palace	1957, October	18 ½ x 15	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
Drawing - nude	1955	10 x 7 1/2	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - green foliage	unknown	30 x 24	oil on board	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - nude woman	unknown	11 1/2 x 9	ink on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Treescape	1986-1994	10 x 12	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Ramp	1961	18 ½ x 23	mixed media and crayon on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Landscape (Night on the Lake)	2002	24 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Forest	1950	10 1/4 x 14	Lithograph print on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - orange butterflies and flowers	1972	17 3/4 x 23 3/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Reflected Image	1977	36 x 24	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Evening Calm	1985	10 x 10	prisma color pencils	Paintings and Drawings
Torso (1)	unknown	11 1/2 x 9 3/4	print	Prints
Winter Trees	1991	14.5 x 12	prisma color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Forest	1987	10 x 16	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Sketch for "The Olympics"	1988 ca.	7 1/2 x 13	color pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
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
City Dusk (2)	1977	16 x 15 1/2	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
King Midas p26, 27	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
After Rain	1983	26 x 30 1/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - brown background with yellow curves	1974	32 1/2 x 23 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - yellow and red spirals on green background	unknown	18 x 23	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Briar and Reeds	1985	25 1/2 x 37	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Moonbeam	1974	33 x 24	casein on rice paper	Paintings and Drawings
Iphigenia in Aulis	1971	21 x 14 1/2	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Tree and Shrub	1964	17 x 24	pen and ink 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
Untitled - grasses and lake #1	unknown	9 x 12	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
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
The Exodus	unknown	8 7/8 x 10 1/2	collage	Paintings and Drawings
Twilight	1970	48 x 57	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - yellow and red curved shapes	unknown	28 x 16	casein (?)	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Winter Haze (2)	1975	48 x 32	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Vista	1980	48 x 66	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Irises	1990's ca.	12 x 12	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Dark Forest (2)	1956, September	unknown	unknown	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)
Untitled - four female nudes (5)	1952	8 1/2 x 11	print	Prints
With the Sun	1976	40 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Whooping Cranes	unknown	7 1/2 x 24	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Our Valley	1953, November	17 1/5 x 20 1/4	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - purple and gray texture	unknown	20 x 15	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Rising Moon (Rhythm series 2)	1974	36 x 24 1/8	casein on rice paper	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
Untitled - black and brown bare trees	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
Early Moon (2)	1990's ca.	12 x 16 1/2	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - cityscape with big tree at night	1954	20 x 6	casein on board	Paintings and Drawings
Drawing for Dance Movement (whole body)	unknown	17 x 14	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Winter's Gold	1990's ca.	11 x 13 3/4	prisma color pencil	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)
Untitled - brown trees on pink and blue background	unknown	17 x 19	casein and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Ad Memoriam 1944	1967	32 x 38	acrylic, rice paper and rope on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Tide	1971	48 x 48	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Organic (2)	1959	10 x 25	ink and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - white cartoonish buildings on red background	unknown	14 x 20	oil on board	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - green field and gray sky with yin yang shape	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
August	1985	38 1/2 x 54	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 - ephemeral land and sky	unknown	15 ¾ x 11 ½	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Three Standing Nudes	1948	24 x 18	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Winter Splendor (1)	1975	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Fleeing Birds	1964	25¾ x 19½	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Torso (2)	unknown	11 1/2 x 9 3/4	print	Prints
Imaginary Landscape	1954, November	18 x 28½	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Summer Day	1978	20 x 18	Casein	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Woodland (2)	1975	30 x 36	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Seattle by Night (Blue Night)	1961	12 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Jeté	1983	11 1/2 x 9	pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - turquoise and orange triangles	unknown	16 ¾ x 10 ½	color 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
Untitled - small drawing with pink, green, purple, yellow and black curves	unknown	7 x 5	color pencil and pen on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Bonanza	1966	38 x 48	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - dramatic figure	unknown	9 x 12	pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Taking Wing	1982	22.75 x 33	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - nude female figure standing with a round object and the back of the figure (front)	unknown	25 x 19	charcoal on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - pink and gray texture	unknown	21 ¾ x 12 ½	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Reflections (2)	1976	40 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract curves on blue	1979	18 1/2 x 24	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Autumnal Eve	1985	66 ½ x 42 ½	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Moutaintop	1975	15 x 22	color pencil	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
Elemental Sphere	1972	20 3/4 x 28 3/4	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
Untitled - colorful stripes	unknown	17 ½ x 10 ¼	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - blue and gray wavy shapes	unknown	13 ¾ x 10 ¼	watercolor and color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - one large tree with one small tree on each side	1953	24 x 36	casein on board	Paintings and Drawings
Spring	1975	18 x 18	Casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Poles Going Uphill	1950	27 1/2 x 22	oil on canvas	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Lavender and Gold	1966 ca.		oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Scene design for Violetta’s drawing room in La Traviata	1963	14 x 28 1/2	Watercolor and ink on paper	Set/Costume design
August's Window - Drawing version	1980	11 x 12	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Nocturne	1983	36 x 25 3/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled (reeds)	1973	8 x 5	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
Moon Reflections (2)	1987	28 x 32 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - two people playing music	unknown	9 x 9 3/4	mixed media collage	Book illustration (proposed)
Chelan	1977	15 x 18	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Divided Sky	1975	30 x 48	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Tree	1959, February	29 ½ x 8	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Filtering Light	1992	20½ x 28	mixed media	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - curves in autumnal colors	unknown	11 x 8 ¾	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Growth (7)	1957, April	22½ x 8½	casein on paper	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
Spring Mountains	1954	22 1/2 x 28 1/4	watercolor and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Day's End	1980	30 x 40	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - three plants, autumn color	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Seascape	1959	16 1/4 x 25	casein on paper	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)
Summer Night	1978	21 x 19	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Moonlit Reeds	1958	15 1/2 x 27 1/2	crayon on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Flowering Vines (1)	1966	21 x 27	casein on paper	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
Yellow Moon	1971	26 x 18	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - cats in various yards	1954	11 7/8 x 17 1/2	etching	Prints
Autumn Branches	1992	27 x 20 1/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Cousin Vera	1948	17 1/8 x 11 1/2	pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - woman among reeds	unknown	12 ¼ x 7 ¾	watercolor and pen	Paintings and Drawings
Indian Dancers	1954	14 1/4 x 18 3/4	casein and ink on paper	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
Ripples	1959	19 3/4 x 25 1 /4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - cats in various yards (2)	1954	11 3/4 x 17 5/8	etching	Prints
Untitled - wavy lines	unknown	9 x 12	pen on paper	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Waves (2)	1974	19 1/4 x 11 1/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Watchful Night	1954	null	watercolor and ink on paper (?)	Paintings and Drawings
Sleeping Cats	1959	24 1/2 x 18 1/2	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - gray sky and brown field	1980s ca.	30 x 24	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Winter Sundown	unknown	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - Horizontal lines	1977	12 x 20	pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Flutterings	1983	18 x 25 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Toborzo (Hungarian Dance)	1966	unknown	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sudden Light	1964 (?)	32 x 22	Oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - bluish layers	unknown	13 x 9	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Lilies	1998	29 1/2 x 35	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Dawn	1960	29 1/4 x 11 3/4	casein and crayon on board	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
Untitled sketch - boy reading in chair and four women in dresses (front)	unknown	17 3/4 x 14	pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Leaves	1996	21 x 17 1/2	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - man walking towards industrial building	1948-1952 ca.	25 x 19	charchoal	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
After Rain	1996	21 x 26	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
March Sunset (oil)	1977	44 x 56	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Exuberance	1995	8 3/4 x 13 3/4	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Isolated Realm	1972	14½ x 19½	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Summer Evening	1972	35 1/4 x 39 1/4	oil	Paintings and Drawings
Butterflies	1966	29 x 24	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - fields landscape	unknown	14 ½ x 11	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Lake and Sky	1975	18 x 27	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Cica in Heaven (3)	1955	8 1/4 x 11	linocut	Prints
Untitled sketch - nude female lying	unknown	18 x 24	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs