in 1924 her first monograph "essence of indian art" was published in german, which was reviewed widely in various journals throughout europe. in the 1920s kramrisch kept travelling to vienna to give lectures. various articles of her colleagues in vienna appear as english translations in the journal of the indian society of oriental art, which kramrisch edited from 1933 onwards together with abanindranath tagore. her seminal publication "indian sculpture" (1933) was a profound analysis of indian sculpture, conceptualized in size and format to function as an actual handbook.