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It took volunteers three years to restore it to full working order. A collector bought it after Emett’s death in 1990 and the piece was then stolen from storage and sold to a scrap metal dealer, who realised it was extraordinary and called the police. Harrison explained that the piece was intended for a shopping centre in Basildon, but never installed. A Quiet Afternoon in the Cloud Cuckoo Valley, 1988-89, Rowland Emett.
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