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Bird Girl statue, Jepson Museum, Savannah, GA, US
Bird Girl statue, Jepson Museum, Savannah, GA, US

Bird Girl is a sculpture made in 1936 by Sylvia Shaw Judson in Lake Forest, Illinois. It was sculpted at Ragdale, her family's summer home, and achieved fame when it was featured on the cover of the 1994 non-fiction novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Originally exhibited as Girl with Bowls at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1938, it was also exhibited as Fountain Figure, Standing Figure, and Peasant Girl. A 1967 book by Judson first referred to it as Bird Girl.

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Bird Girl
West York Lane, Savannah Savannah Historic District

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West York Lane
31401 Savannah, Savannah Historic District
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Bird Girl statue, Jepson Museum, Savannah, GA, US
Bird Girl statue, Jepson Museum, Savannah, GA, US
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