$30,000 sculpture stolen in Tiverton

TIVERTON, R.I. (WPRI/AP) - Tiverton police are looking for the musclebound thief or thieves who stole a 300-pound bronze sculpture.

Director Jennifer Sunderland reported the statue, called "Embrace of Life II," missing from the Four Corners Arts Center on Tuesday.

The sculpture is worth about $30,000. It stands at about four-feet tall, and depicts a woman, back arched, arms outstretched, with her face lifted to the sky.

Lt. Patrick Jones tells the Providence Journal it was taken either as a practical joke, or to sell off as scrap pieces. Police have asked nearby scrap yards to keep an eye out for the artwork.

Sunderland says she thinks more than one person was involved, because four people were needed to carry the sculpture when it was installed last spring.