Letter from Bruce Lee to George Lee

Name/Title

Letter from Bruce Lee to George Lee

Entry/Object ID

L2021.4.035

Scope and Content

Handwritten letter with sketch by Bruce Lee proposing ideas for the design of a small scale model of a tombstone, with the headstone reading "In Memory of a once fluid man crammed and distorted by the classical mess." mid-1960s.

Context

Letter shows Bruce Lee's thought process and tendency towards the philosophical while developing the concept of the idea to fabricate a model size tombstone that expressed his feelings perfectly regarding traditional forms of martial arts; the letter is to his good friend and student George Lee asking him to fabricate the item.

Intake

Loan In

L2021.4

Lender

Bruce Lee Foundation