Third public art theft in a month: Westmount bronze statue stolen [Video]

A bronze statue was recently stolen from Prince Albert Square in Westmount, marking the third public art piece to go missing in just over a month in the Montreal area.

The statue, called “Mother and Child,” which vanished on Nov. 27, was designed and crafted by world-renowned sculptor Lea Vivot.

“Of course I was shocked. It’s my own personal experience. It’s my experiencing being a mother. Having the child, first born and it just hit me very hard,” Vivot said in a recent interview.

According to the artist, the statue is worth just under half a million dollars, and she is asking whoever took it to bring it back.

“It’s a void. Just like when you lose, you know, it’s a drastic comparison. Your own member of a family. And I think it was a landmark for Montreal and people loved it. And I was very proud that it was …