Savannah Garden Of Good And Evil Statue

Judson was the sculptor of the famous savannah bird girl statue that was photographed for the cover of the best selling non fiction novel midnight in the garden of good evil by john berendt and featured in the movie by the same title.

Savannah garden of good and evil statue.

Savannah s famous statue from midnight in the garden of good and evil one of the icons of savannah is its bird girl a 50 inch sculpture in bronze the statue depicts a young girl standing wistfully with two bowls in her hands. The book berendt s first was published in 1994 and follows the story of an antiques dealer on trial for the murder of a male prostitute. Although the bird girl statue is no longer located in bonaventure cemetery this hauntingly beautiful savannah cemetery still plays a huge role in midnight in the garden of good and evil under the spanish moss canopy the cemetery is rich in history and mystery along with stunning sculptures. At berendt s suggestion leigh searched the bonaventure cemetery for a suitable subject.

For more than 50 years the statue nicknamed little wendy quietly presided over a family burial plot in a historic savannah cemetery. The book was subsequently made into clint eastwood s. Midnight in the garden of good and evil is a non fiction novel by john berendt. That ended in 1994 when a photo of the statue appeared on the cover of the bestselling midnight in the garden of good and evil and acquired its new bird girl name.

Sculpted in 1936 bird girl by sylvia shaw judson stood in obscurity for decades in savannah s bonaventure cemetery where it was named little wendy by the family that paid for it.