Portrait photograph of Zero Mostel as Leopold Bloom in "Ulysses in Nightown"
New York: October 29, 1958.
Price: $1,000.00
About the item
Published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Half length portrait of the comedian in costume. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 33.5 x 23.7 cm. (Approximately 13-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches). Fine.Atelier stamp on verso, and docketed in ink, giving the subject of the photograph ("Zero Mostel as Leopold Bloom in Ulysses in Nightown"), the date, and the number of negative and print ("IV qq 7").
Item #219095
Burgess Meredith's production in 1958 marked a comeback for one of America's greatest comedians. Mostel, whose career had been stalled by his McArthur-era blacklisting, made a triumphant return to the stage as Bloom.
