Budapest
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— 12 October 2008,
Paris
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) was a French abstract
sculptor
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of Hungarian origin.
Early life
Marta Pan was born in
Budapest
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,
Hungary
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Pan's sculptures are highly concerned with balance, symmetry, and geometry. She often created her works so that they were site-specific and worked with the surrounding environment. In 1946 Pan moved to
Paris
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André Wogenscky
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20th-century French architects
Modernist architects
1916 births
2004 deaths
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, who was a studio assistant to Le Corbusier. Her early sculptures were highly influenced by the architecture of Le Corbusier. In 1956, Pan created ''Le Teck'', which consisted of two moveable parts. The choreographer
Maurice Béjart
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later created a ballet, also entitled ''Le Teck'', inspired directly by Pan's sculpture. Béjart's ballet was premiered on the roof of Le Corbusier's
Unité d'Habitation
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building in
Marseille
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,
France
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. Until 1960, all of Pan's sculptures consisted of this two-part construction method, which allowed one piece to be moved, thus altering the work.
In 1990 she made Celle floating sculpture in Italy for the Gori collection - Fattoria di Celle.
Death
Pan died on 12 October 2008 in
Paris
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,
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.
Public collections
Pan's work can be seen in a number of public institutions and locations, including:
* ''Floating Sculpture'' (1973),
Dallas City Hall
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, Dallas (Texas), USA
* ''Sculpture flottante, Otterlo'' (1960),
Kröller-Müller Museum
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, Otterlo, Netherlands
* ''La Perspective'' (1992), Musée de la Ville de
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
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(Yvelines, Île-de-France), France
* ''Floating Sculpture No. 3'' (1972),
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Praemium Imperiale
Prince Takamatsu
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Grove Art Online
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. Oxford Art Online, (accessed February 22, 2012; subscription required).
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