Sylvia Shaw Judson
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Sylvia Shaw Judson was a professional sculptor who worked first in Chicago and later in Lake Forest, Illinois. She created a broad range of sculptural artworks, notably garden pieces depicting childre
Judson's grave at Graceland Cemetery
Bird Girl
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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 1
Sylvia Shaw Judson
…years she sculpted life-size human figures in an era when critics and curators favored abstract works. Many years after she died, her serenely simple Bird Girl came to be widely known and admired. A child of a well-to-do family, Sylvia Shaw Judson enjoyed idyllic carefree summers and the benefits of private…
Jepson Center location
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