Murdering Airplane
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Artist | Max Ernst |
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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/surrealist 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.
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