Saul Bass letterhead (Letter to Arthur A. Cohen & Elaine Lustig Cohen)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1962
- Medium
- Letterpress
- Dimensions
- 7 1/4 × 8 1/2" (18.4 × 21.6 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Saul Bass
Artist

Saul Bass was an American graphic designer and filmmaker whose bold, reductive visual language defined postwar American corporate and entertainment design. Working primarily in typography, illustration, and film, he created iconic movie posters and title sequences for directors including Alfred Hitchcock and Otto Preminger, establishing a modernist aesthetic that prioritized clarity and psychological impact over ornament. His design for the AT&T logo and countless film titles demonstrated his conviction that design could distill complex ideas into single, memorable images. Bass also directed and produced experimental films in the 1950s and 1960s, treating motion and sound with the same economy of means he applied to static graphics.
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Record
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- Saul Bass
- Year
- 1962
- Medium
- Letterpress
- Dimensions
- 7 1/4 × 8 1/2" (18.4 × 21.6 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1962-M114359
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified




