Murdering Airplane

Murdering Airplane

Artist	Max Ernst
Year	1920
Type	Collage
Dimensions	6.35 cm × 13.97 cm ( 2 ¹⁄₂ in × 5 ¹⁄₂ in)
Location	Private collection

Murdering Airplane (1920) is a collage by the German dadaist Max Ernst. It depicts a monstrous aircraft with human arms flying over an open field. In the lower right-hand corner two soldiers are carrying a third wounded soldier.

The Dada movement was created partly as a critical response to World War I. This had a special significance to Ernst who served in the war. This work was a statement on the advent of aerial warfare that occurred in that war.

Max Ernst
Paintings	Aquis Submersus Trophy, Hypertrophied Little Machine Constructed by Minimax Dadamax in Person Murdering Airplane The Hat Makes the Man The Elephant Celebes Pietà or Revolution by Night Of This Men Shall Know Nothing Forest and Dove The Wood Napoleon in the Wilderness
Miscellaneous	Frottage Loplop Une semaine de bonté

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