If a Tree Fell in the Forest...

I have walked past this tree in the Tuileries countless times, and silly moi, I always assumed that it was real, like the decomposing fallen oaks in New England woodlands. Mais non! Yesterday I took a closer look. We are in Paris, of course, and this is in fact a bronze sculpture, by Giuseppe Penone. Arbre des Voyelles is the title; I'm not quite sure why.