Fallen Tree - Paris, France
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N 48° 51.780 E 002° 19.589
31U E 450602 N 5412444
Located in Paris' Tuileries Gardens, this sculpture can be easily missed as it is set amongst real trees.
Waymark Code: WMD729
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 11/28/2011
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This work by Italian artist Giuseppe Penone is entitled "L'Arbres des Voyelles" or "The Tree of Vowels" and is dated 1999. The piece depicts a tree that has been uprooted... as by a windstorm. The root system is prominently depicted. The top of the tree is set off the ground by a few feet.... as if the tree were stopped in its fall by a few branches. The placard indicates that the piece is made with bronze patina and trees.
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