Property from a Georgia Private Collector

Description:

3 Jack Leigh Posters, Bird Girl, The Ogeechee and Grayson Stadium, comprising a poster of Leigh's 'Bird Girl' photograph, signed lower left, text underneath reading 'Southern Images Gallery Savannah, GA,' embossed with signature at bottom of paper, 'The Ogeechee A River and Its People' poster, with photograph of a storefront, with a man and a dog on the porch, signed and dated 'December 20, 1996' at right below photo, text reading 'Jack Leigh The University of Georgia Press Athens, Georgia 30602 85 Duotone Photographs,' and a poster with Leigh's photo of Grayson Stadium, pencil signed lower right, marked 'Savannah, Georgia' lower left, all matted and framed. Frame size of Bird Girl poster, 35 1/4 in. x 26 1/4 in.

Jack Leigh was a photographer and Savannah native best known for the photo of the Bird Girl statue on the cover of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. He won numerous awards for his photographs of the American South and published six books of photography. His widely exhibited work can now be found in multiple private and corporate collections, including the University of Georgia. The SCAD Museum of Art exhibited a retrospective of his work in 2014.

Measurements: Height: by sight of Bird Girl 29 1/4 in. x Width: 20 1/4 in.

Good condition, not viewed out of frames.

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