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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
Ad Memoriam 1944	1967	32 x 38	acrylic, rice paper and rope on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Aquarium (3)	1956	unknown	watercolor (?)	Paintings and Drawings
Red Sky (Edition 8/10)	unknown	5 1/2 x 11	woodcut	Prints
The Olympics	1988	40 x 60	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - sail boats and cityscape	1950	14 3/4 x 19 3/4	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Tree Forms	1975	21 1/2 x 13 1/2	color pencil 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
Samson	1965	47 1/2 x 35 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
In the Calm of the Night	1967	36 x 48	Oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - blue natural scene	unknown	15 ½ x 11 ½	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Forest	1987	45 x 53 3/4	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Ghosts Among Cinnamon Trees	1953	22 x 28	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Landscape (Night on the Lake)	2002	24 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Nocturnal Fountain	1974	20 1/2 x 25 1/4	casein on rice paper	Paintings and Drawings
City Dusk (1)	1976	13 1/2 x 9	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Thicket	1979	11 x 12 ½	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Vibrant Autumn (edition 2-6)	1967	10 x 8	woodcut	Prints
Untitled - reflections on water	1981	20 1/2 x 18	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Autumn Spray	1974	35 x 50	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - four female nudes (2)	1952	8 1/2 x 11	print	Prints
Leaves	1996	21 x 17 1/2	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Reflections (2)	1976	40 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
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
Fleeing Birds	1964	25¾ x 19½	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Jubilance	1964	23 1/2 x 18 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Hill Across Water	1972	30 x 28½	Casein (on two pieces of canvas enclosed in plastic)	Paintings and Drawings
Autumnal Eve	1985	66 ½ x 42 ½	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - nude woman	unknown	11 1/2 x 9	ink on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Aquarium	unknown	15 x 23 3/4	wax crayon	Paintings and Drawings
Sleep	1966	16 1/2 x 29	casein and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled 2002	2002	23 x 31	casein 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
The Dybbuk	1962	13 x 22 1/2	watercolor and pen on paper	Set/Costume design
Winter Glitter	1982 ca.	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Growth (9)	1957	13 ½ x 25	Casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Twilight	1995	25 ¾ x 30 ½	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Drawing for Dance Movement (whole body)	unknown	17 x 14	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - nude female figures dancing (pink)	1995	8 1/2 x 13 3/4	casein and pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green and black wavy shapes	unknown	11 x 8 ½	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - trees with blue and green background	unknown	60 1/4 x 48 1/8	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
March Trees	1972	48 x 36	oil on canvas	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 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 illustration - Hebrew people come to Egypt	unknown	8 1/4 x 11 5/8	pen, pencil and watercolor on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Felt	1959	13 1/4 x 25 1/8	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sudden Light	1964 (?)	32 x 22	Oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - colorful waves	unknown	20 ½ x 12	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - purple and gray texture	unknown	20 x 15	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Winter's Crimson	1990	13 x 12 3/4	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Summer Sky	unknown	14 x 40	oil	Paintings and Drawings
Spring Shrubs	1975	40 x 34	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Splendor (1)	1975	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - geometric sketch	unknown	15 x 10	color pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Indian Summer	1972	27 x 35	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
Spring Clouds	1996	20 1/2 x 23 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sketch for Declining Day / Shimmering Lake	1979 ca.	8 1/2 x 11	color pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Setting Sun	1970	29 x 18 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Black Clouds (2)	1996	14 3/4 x 16 1/8	prisma color pencil on paper	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)
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 - 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
Annunciation	1966	14 3/4 x 22 3/4	ink and watercolor with wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled (blue grasses)	1992	9.5 x 13	casein, pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Mountains (1)	1975	24 x 16	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Winter's Moon	1987	44 x 54	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Sunrise	1995	3 x12	casein and color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Summer Twilight	1978	35 3/4 x 29 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - two spooning figures	1970	12 1/2 x 23	ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sunny Forest	1957, March	unknown	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - boy reading in chair and four women in dresses (front)	unknown	17 3/4 x 14	pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
King Midas p4, 5	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
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 - white cartoonish buildings on red background	unknown	14 x 20	oil on board	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Untitled - cityscape with skyscrapers	1950	14 3/4 x 19 3/4	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Torso (1)	unknown	11 1/2 x 9 3/4	print	Prints
Untitled - red trees in white field (1)	unknown	8 x 15 3/4	print	Prints
Untitled - trees and shrubs	1991	unknown	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - four women dancing in dresses	unknown	3 1/2 x 8 1/2	pen on paper	Set/Costume design
Growth (4)	1955	unknown	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - from boy and dog illustration	unknown	8 3/4 x 6 3/8	pen, crayon and collages on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Harlequin	1962	10 ¾ x 14 ½	mixed media	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - pink and purple stripes through dark woods	unknown	22 x 28 1/2	crayon on paper (?)	Paintings and Drawings
Autumnal Equinox (oil)	1975	40 x 42	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - white and pink flowers	1990s ca.	23 x 31	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
City Lights (Glittering Sunset)	1977	42 x 60	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Cool Land - Warm Sky	1983	38 1/2 x 28 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - nude female lying	unknown	18 x 24	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
The Choice of Paris	1972	unknown	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
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
Untitled - cats and houses	unknown	16 x 7 3/4	print	Prints
Three Standing Nudes	1948	24 x 18	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Autumn Bonanza	1966	38 x 48	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Crimson Sunset	1990	13 x 12 1/2	prisma color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Watchful Night	1954	null	watercolor and ink on paper (?)	Paintings and Drawings
Gray Landscape (Lake Sunset)	1977	48 x 56	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Flowering Vines (1)	1966	21 x 27	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract curves on blue	1979	18 1/2 x 24	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
City Structures	1959	21 x 24	ink and tempura on paper	Paintings and Drawings
White Moon	1956	unknown	casein	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green field and gray sky with yin yang shape	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor 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
Bouquet (1987)	1987	13 3/8 x 9 3/8	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Seattle by Night (Blue Night)	1961	12 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Vieled Shores	1980	48 x 60	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
Cica in Heaven (1)	1955	8 1/4 x 10 3/4	linocut	Prints
Three Towers	1974	17 x 23	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Celebration	1958	14 x 17	crayon 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)
The Convert	unknown	11 x 5 1/2	ink on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Untitled - dramatic figure	unknown	9 x 12	pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Kaleidoscope	1955	null	casein on paper (?)	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - green field, orange sky and orange water	unknown	6 x 7 3/4	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Irises	1990's ca.	12 x 12	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Bucolic Weeds	1991		oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - watercolor	unknown	14 3/4 x 19 3/4	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
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
Wheat Field	1964	48 x 48 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
With the Sun	1976	40 x 30	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Dark Clouds	1996	36 x 40	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - half dark blue, half dark green. with yellow stripes	unknown	19 x 29	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Fever Images	1964	32 x 18	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Briar and Reeds	1985	25 1/2 x 37	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sketch for Rózsa Vilma (1)	2001	24 x 18	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Drawing for Dance Movement (many abstract nudes)	unknown	19 x 24	pencil and charcoal on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - skinny brown trees on river bank	unknown	12 x 17	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
After Rain	1983	26 x 30 1/4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Elemental Sphere	1972	20 3/4 x 28 3/4	casein and wash on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - Neighborhood	1953, February	21 1/4 x 27 1/2	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - moon and orange spirals	unknown	9 x 12	casein (?)	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - figure sitting in chair with blue stripes	unknown	25 x 19	color pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - orange butterflies and flowers	1972	17 3/4 x 23 3/4	casein 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
Moutaintop	1975	15 x 22	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - trees	1949	19 3/4 x 14 3/4	watercolor on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Before the Storm	1966	17 3/4 x 24 1/4	casein on board	Paintings and Drawings
Ripples	1959	19 3/4 x 25 1 /4	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Early Fall	unknown	10 3/4 x 8 1/8	color pencil 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
Verdant Spring	1974	Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University Spokane, WA	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Scintillation	1977	19 x 25	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Blazing Descent	unknown	33 5/8 x 39 3/4	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Two Insects	1959	11 x 22 1/2	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Blue Glow	1970	37 x 46	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Gusty Hillside	1971	54 x 30 ½	acrylic	Paintings and Drawings
Taking Wing	1982	22.75 x 33	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Sketch book 2 (cover)	unknown	11 x 14	sketch book	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Dissle Boy Blue (1)	unknown	10 x 16	casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Gay Shapes	1958	14 x 17	crayon on paper	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
Waterbirds	1977	9 x 9	casein	Paintings and Drawings
Winter's Sundown	1996	48 x 60	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Dusk Through Trees	1979	54 x 42	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - nude female figure standing with a round object and the back of the figure (back)	unknown	25 x 19	charcoal on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Tendrils (#3)	1996	18 x 25	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - study of wavy forms	unknown	24 x 7 ½	pencil	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
The Four Seasons (Mural, four canvases) (frontal views)	1976	48 x 87 x 4	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Madonna with child	1966	23 ¾ x 23 ¼	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Cool Forest (2)	1975	21 3/4 x 13 1/2	color pencil on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Trees (1957)	1957, December	9 ½ x 14 ¼	Ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled illustration P6, P7 (boy and girl at Sabbath table with prayer book)	unknown	8 1/4 x 11 5/8	pen, pencil and watercolor on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
King Midas p6, 7	unknown	9 x 13	pencil and casein on paper	Book illustration (proposed)
Germination	1959	17 1/2 x 23 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Winter Sundown	unknown	unknown	oil on canvas	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
Winter Forest (1)	1975	22 1/2 x 15 1/2	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Sleeping Cats	1959	24 1/2 x 18 1/2	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Caprice	unknown	6 x 11 1/2	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - red, orange, yellow and blue color fields	unknown	17 1/2 x 23 1/2	crayon on canvas	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Red Carnations	1975	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Windblown Reeds	1956	11 x 9 5/8	watercolor	Paintings and Drawings
Be Gentle as the Dove and Wise as the Snake (Mosaic)	1958	36 x 156	glass Mosaic	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - yellow star shapes on hot pink	1959 or 1956	19 x 25	mixed media on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - orange background with black lines and dots	unknown	4 1/2 x 11	watercolor on paper	Paintings and Drawings
March Sunset (oil)	1977	44 x 56	oil on canvas	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)
Rusty Hillside	1962	unknown	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Flowers	1955	19 x 22 1/2	casein and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Seascape	1959	16 1/4 x 25	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Forest	1987	10 x 16	color pencil	Paintings and Drawings
Towering Peaks	1974	26 x 36	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - crouching figure	1953	28 1/2 x 20	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - sunset on brown field	unknown	20 x 22	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings (unfinished (?))
Hillscape	1972	11 3/8 x 9	pen and ink on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled sketch - curled up cat asleep	unknown	7 x 9 1/2	pencil on paper	Sketches/Preliminary Designs
Untitled - portrait of a woman (2)	1948-1952 ca.	14 1/2 x 11	pencil on paper	Student years - paintings, drawings, sketches
Lilies	1998	29 1/2 x 35	casien on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Torso (2)	unknown	11 1/2 x 9 3/4	print	Prints
Winter Vista	1980	48 x 66	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Toborzo (Hungarian Dance)	1966	unknown	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 - dark gray landscape	1962	27 1/2 x 33 1/2	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Ramp	1961	18 ½ x 23	mixed media and crayon on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - trapezoids over sky and land	1981	20 x 28	casein on paper	Paintings and Drawings
Afterglow	1979	36 x 40	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - abstract grasses	1992	19 x 29	oil on canvas	Paintings and Drawings
Untitled - gray sky and brown field (2)	1980s ca.	24 x 30	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