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Plea over missing 1986 Sir Antony Gormley sculpture Plea over missing 1986 Sir Antony Gormley sculpture
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An appeal has been made to find a life-sized sculpture by Sir Antony Gormley which has been missing for 30 years.An appeal has been made to find a life-sized sculpture by Sir Antony Gormley which has been missing for 30 years.
The artist created the public art as part of the National Garden Festival at Stoke-on-Trent, Historic England said.The artist created the public art as part of the National Garden Festival at Stoke-on-Trent, Historic England said.
It added that the figure of a man, called A View, A Place, overlooked the Fowlea Valley but it was removed when the festival closed in 1986.It added that the figure of a man, called A View, A Place, overlooked the Fowlea Valley but it was removed when the festival closed in 1986.
Historic England has compiled a list of works that have been lost, sold, stolen or destroyed.Historic England has compiled a list of works that have been lost, sold, stolen or destroyed.
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The public body that protects England's historic places has appealed to people to get in touch via its website. The organisation, which protects England's historic places, has appealed for information of its whereabouts.
Stoke-on-Trent historian and author Fred Hughes said the disappearance of the sculpture was "just one of those mysteries of life". Historian and author Fred Hughes said its disappearance was "just one of those mysteries of life".
He said as far as the festival was concerned, the figure was "one of the many" pieces of public art.He said as far as the festival was concerned, the figure was "one of the many" pieces of public art.
Mr Hughes said: "We'd had nothing like this before the festival [in the area]. "To see that art put out into our streets, it was a great leap forward as far as art appreciation was concerned," he added.
"To see that art put out into our streets, it was a great leap forward as far as art appreciation was concerned, "We don't know where it went. Where do you put one of those? In your back garden?"
"We don't know where it went... Where do you put one of those in your back garden?" The lead, fibreglass and plaster statue was placed at the festival's highest point looking out over the Fowlea Valley, Art UK said.
The life-sized lead, fibreglass and plaster statue was placed at the festival's highest point looking out over the Fowlea Valley, Art UK said. Head of research at website Art UK, Katey Goodwin, said: "Apparently, after the festival had closed, a dispute ensued between the artist and the council."
Katey Goodwin, head of research and digitisation at the website, said: "It looks like it was among one of his [Sir Antony Gormley's] early ones. But she said she did not know whether that had anything to do with its disappearance.
"It would be great if the city had still got [the] Gormley statue." Stoke-on-Trent councillor Terry Follows said: "Unfortunately, a lot of the council workers who helped to make the Garden Festival a huge national success in 1986 are no longer at the authority.
"Records of this wonderful statue do not exist. We encourage people to support Historic England in getting in touch with them if they have any information about it."