"Teresa" by Elizabeth Erlanger (MD/NY, 1901-1975), charcoal on paper, accompanied with entry card for the 56th Annual Exhibition (1948), National Association of Women Artists, circa 1940s, loose - 12" x 17"
 
Erlanger was a painter, printmaker and lecturer. She studied at the Art Students League and served as president of the American Society of Contemporary Artists and as liaison for the US Commissions of the International Art Association. Erlanger was a member of and exhibited with the Audubon Artists; the Society of American Graphic Artists; the National Society of Painters in Casein (served on executive board, 1960-69); and the National Association of Women Artists (served on executive. board, 1956-63). She had twelve solo exhibitions and her work was included in the National Association of Women Artists juried exhibits in Greece, Japan, Argentina, Scotland, and France. Erlanger received the first special citation awarded in New York to a woman for outstanding civic achievement in the arts from Governor Rockefeller in 1966. Her work is represented in the collection of MoMA, and the National Society of Painters in Casein awards an annual prize in her name.