Mary Frank

(American, born 1933)

Mary Frank is a British-born American artist best known for her abstract paintings and sculptures which depict the emotional impact of memory and loss. Frank has developed a unique process of creating art in which she works with the medium until the form of the piece reveals itself to her. Born February 4, 1933 in London, United Kingdom, her mother was the painter Eleanore Lockspeiser. During World War II, Frank was sent to live with her mother’s parents in Brooklyn, where she remained for several years. As an art student, she studied under German painter Max Beckmann at the Brooklyn Museum of Art School, as well as under Hans Hofmann at his private studio school in Greenwich Village. Although the artist was trained as a painter, she was inspired to pursue sculpture after purchasing her first kiln in 1969. Since then, Frank has been recognized for her dramatic and emotive sculptures of animals and human subjects. Today, her works are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Museum of Art at Yale University in New Haven, CT, among others. Frank lives and works between Lake Hill, NY and New York, NY.

Mary Frank Artworks

Mary Frank (208 results)
Running Man, 1981

Mary Frank

Running Man, 1981

Sale Date: December 5, 2023

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MARY FRANK RECLINING NUDE TERRACOTTA SCULPTURE

Mary Frank

MARY FRANK RECLINING NUDE TERRACOTTA SCULPTURE

Sale Date: November 5, 2023

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MARY FRANK NUDE FIGURAL GROUP TERRACOTTA SCULPTURE

Mary Frank

MARY FRANK NUDE FIGURAL GROUP TERRACOTTA SCULPTURE

Sale Date: November 5, 2023

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MARY FRANK SEATED NUDE TERRACOTTA SCULPTURE

Mary Frank

MARY FRANK SEATED NUDE TERRACOTTA SCULPTURE

Sale Date: November 5, 2023

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Flowers, 2008

Mary Frank

Flowers, 2008

Sale Date: September 5, 2023

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Large Head (MF-849), 1981

Mary Frank

Large Head (MF-849), 1981

Sale Date: August 8, 2023

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Profile with Hand, 1979

Mary Frank

Profile with Hand, 1979

Sale Date: June 13, 2023

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Reclining Nude.

Mary Frank

Reclining Nude.

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Reclining Nude, 1980

Mary Frank

Reclining Nude, 1980

Sale Date: March 15, 2023

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Sun Dial, 1971, 1971

Mary Frank

Sun Dial, 1971, 1971

Sale Date: March 15, 2023

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Untitled (Nude on Horseback)

Mary Frank

Untitled (Nude on Horseback)

Sale Date: March 15, 2023

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Daphne Turning into a Tree

Mary Frank

Daphne Turning into a Tree

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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Sun Dial II (Horse)

Mary Frank

Sun Dial II (Horse)

Sale Date: February 3, 2023

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Head with Ferns, 1975

Mary Frank

Head with Ferns, 1975

Sale Date: December 13, 2022

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Three Faces

Mary Frank

Three Faces

Sale Date: December 13, 2022

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Untitled (Standing Nude)

Mary Frank

Untitled (Standing Nude)

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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Untitled (Nude on Horseback)

Mary Frank

Untitled (Nude on Horseback)

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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Untitled (Bust of a Woman)

Mary Frank

Untitled (Bust of a Woman)

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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Rosh Hashanah 5741, 1980

Mary Frank

Rosh Hashanah 5741, 1980

Sale Date: September 22, 2022

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Rosh Hashanah 5741, 1980

Mary Frank

Rosh Hashanah 5741, 1980

Sale Date: August 3, 2022

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Left Hand, 1960

Mary Frank

Left Hand, 1960

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Woman and Horse, 1985

Mary Frank

Woman and Horse, 1985

Sale Date: June 9, 2022

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Torso: Verso and Recto.

Mary Frank

Torso: Verso and Recto.

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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Three Female Nudes.

Mary Frank

Three Female Nudes.

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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