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Photo by Pamela Rankin - Smith - Anthony Bliss: Signed Photo Portrait. B/W photo of Anthony Bliss by P.Rankin- Smith mounted on art paper /board and signed on the margin by Anthony Bliss. The signature is authentic with provenance. Image size : 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Mount size: 11 x 14 inches. Please refer to images for the best determination of the condition. Metropolitan Opera Executive: Anthony A. Bliss, a patrician New York lawyer who stood at the center of the city's opera and dance worlds for four decades. Mr. Bliss served as the executive director of the Metropolitan Opera for 11 years, giving up his law practice in 1974 to head what at that time was a financially troubled organization. He was neither a musician nor a music professional, but his fiscal reforms helped to prepare the Met for the present hazards of the arts marketplace. Credit New York Times 8 12 91