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1922

The Twittering Machine

author

Paul Klee

description

Mediums: gouache, ink, watercolor, paper.
Dimensions: 63,8 x 48,1 сm.
Location: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US.

The author combines themes of technology and wildlife. A small group of very thin birds, whose heads resemble notes, sit on the equally thin wire. Perhaps the painting symbolizes a mystical music box, where someone makes half-real and half-artificial birds sing by moving the handle.