| Murdering Airplane | |
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| Artist | Max Ernst |
| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Photo-collage |
| Dimensions | 5.8 cm × 14.3 cm (2.3 in × 5.6 in) |
| Location | The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, USA |
Murdering Airplane (1920) is a collage by the German dadaist Max Ernst. Early publications identify this piece as simply Untitled collage. One book, in which Max Ernst made some contributions, identifies the piece as "Untitled or The Deadly Female Aeroplane (L'avionne meurtrière)".
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.
References
- Hofmann, Werner, Wieland Schmied, and Werner Spies (1973) Max Ernst, Inside the Sight. Institute for the Arts, Rice University. Houston, Texas. 159 pp.
- Picon, Gaëtan (1977) Surrealist and Surrealism 1919- 1939. Skira/Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. New York. 231 pp.ISBN 0-8478-0041-5
- Quinn, Edward, with contribution from Max Ernst, Uwe M. Schneede, Patrick Waldberg, and Diane Waldman. (1977) Max Ernst. New York Graphic Society (Little, Brown, and Company), Boston. 444 pp. ISBN 0-8212-0711-3
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