Paul Klee · 1922
Twittering Machine
Posters from $15 · Canvas from $39
Four mechanical birds perched on a hand-cranked wire, beaks open in song. Klee's whimsical satire of mechanised art. MoMA, New York.
Up to 7 × 10 in · portrait
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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The story of Twittering Machine
Twittering Machine is a 1922 watercolor with gouache, pen-and-ink, and oil transfer on paper by Swiss-German painter Paul Klee. Like other artworks by Klee, it blends biology and machinery, depicting a loosely sketched group of birds on a wire or branch connected to a hand-crank. Interpretations of the work vary widely: it has been perceived as a nightmarish lure for the viewer or a depiction of the helplessness of the artist, but also as a triumph of nature over mechanical pursuits. It has been seen as a visual representation of the mechanics of sound.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Paul Klee
Paul Klee was a Swiss-born German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism.
All Paul Klee prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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