Twittering Machine

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Twittering Machine is a 1922 painting by Swiss-German artist Paul Klee that depicts a whimsical, mechanical contraption of bird-like figures and is celebrated as a key work of early 20th-century modern art.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
work of art
artist Paul Klee
collection Museum of Modern Art
surface form: Museum of Modern Art collection
countryOfOrigin Germany
creator Paul Klee
depicts abstract landscape
bird-like figures
birds
crank handle
hybrid creatures
machine
mechanical birds
mechanical contraption
night sky
sound-producing machine
whimsical figures
wire perch
describedAs fantastical
key work of early 20th-century modern art
mechanical
whimsical
genre abstract art
fantastical art
hasArtisticTechnique line drawing
oil transfer drawing
transparent washes
hasColorPalette grays
muted blues
subtle pinks
hasSubjectMatter relationship between nature and technology
tension between playfulness and menace
inception 1922
influencedBy automatons
mechanization
music
languageOfTitle German
location Museum of Modern Art
surface form: Museum of Modern Art, New York City
materialUsed ink
oil transfer
watercolor
movement Dada
Expressionism
Surrealism
modern art
notableWorkOf Paul Klee
originalTitle Die Zwitscher-Maschine
partOf early 20th-century European avant-garde
support paper

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Paul Klee notableWork Twittering Machine