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Photo by Pamela Rankin - Smith - Stephen Sondheim: Signed Photo Portrait. B/W photo of Stephen Sondheim by P.Rankin- Smith mounted on art paper /board and signed on the margin by Stephen Sondheim. The signature is authentic with provenance. Image size : 7 x 8.5 inches. Mount size: 11 x 14 inches. Please refer to images for the best determination of the condition. American composer: Stephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist known for his work in musical theatre. One of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theatre, Sondheim has been praised for having “reinvented the American musical” with shows that tackle ”unexpected themes that range far beyond the  genre's  traditional subjects” with ”music and lyrics of unprecedented complexity and sophistication.” His shows have been acclaimed for addressing ”darker, more harrowing elements of the human experience, “with songs often tinged with ”ambivalence” about various aspects of life. Wikipedia