Peace on Earth, The Large Bather, Bas-Relief Woman, Return of the Prodigal Son, and Untitled

In order to facilitate GPS-based notifications, this tour combines several of the works that are near one another into a single Clio entry. The first work in this section of the sculpture park, which is located south of the southeast corner of the original Nelson-Atkins building is a work by Jacques Lipchitzentitled Peace on Earth. Just a few feet north is a sculpture by Pierre-Auguste Renoir entitled The Large Bather. Further to the north and located on the museum's exterior wall is Bas-Relief Woman by Gaston Lachaise. Just to the left of Bas-Relief Woman is Return of the Prodigal Son by Jacques Lipchitz. The final work in this section, which is located to the right of Bas Relief Woman, is an abstract sculpture designed by Joel Shapiro in 1991 and cast in bronze the following year. The artist chose to leave the work without a title, inviting patrons to find their own interpretation. For many, the sculpture appears to follow a human form and connote movement with two arms upraised and one leg bent two the side while the other serves as a base.