Murdering Airplane

Murdering Airplane

Artist	Max Ernst
Year	1920
Type	Collage
Dimensions	6.35 cm × 13.97 cm (2½ in × 5½ 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.