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Marta Pan (12 June 1923, Budapest — 12 October 2008, Paris) was a French abstract sculptor of Hungarian origin.

Marta Pan
Marta Pan discussing her work, 1995
Born	(1923-06-12)12 June 1923 Budapest, Hungary
Died	12 October 2008(2008-10-12) (aged 85) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Education	Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Budapest
Known for	Sculpture

Early life

Marta Pan was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1923.[1] She studied art at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Budapest.[1]

Work

Pan's sculptures are highly concerned with balance, symmetry, and geometry.[1] She often created her works so that they were site-specific and worked with the surrounding environment.[1] In 1946 Pan moved to Paris, where she met Constantin Brâncuşi and Fernand Léger.[1] In 1952 she married André Wogenscky, who was a studio assistant to Le Corbusier.[1] Her early sculptures were highly influenced by the architecture of Le Corbusier.[1] In 1956, Pan created Le Teck, which consisted of two moveable parts.[1] The choreographer Maurice Béjart later created a ballet, also entitled Le Teck, inspired directly by Pan's sculpture.[1] Béjart's ballet was premiered on the roof of Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation building in Marseille, France.[1] 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.[2] In 1990 she made Celle floating sculpture in Italy for the Gori collection - Fattoria di Celle.[3]

Death

Pan died on 12 October 2008 in Paris, France.[1]

Public collections

Pan's work can be seen in a number of public institutions and locations, including:

• Floating Sculpture (1973), Dallas City Hall, Dallas (Texas), USA[4]
• Sculpture flottante, Otterlo (1960), Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands[5]
• La Perspective (1992), Musée de la Ville de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (Yvelines, Île-de-France), France[6]
• Floating Sculpture No. 3 (1972), Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee (Wisconsin), USA[7]
• Signe infini (1993), intersection of autoroutes A46 and A6 at Ambérieux (Rhône, Rhône-Alpes), France.
• Celle Floating Sculpure (1990), Collezione Gori Fattoria di Celle - Collezione Gori, Italy

Recognition

In 2001 Pan was awarded the prestigious Praemium Imperiale award for Sculpture from the Japan Art Society.[1]

Selected works

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  Amphitheatre
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  Floating sculpture
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  Floating sculpture

References

Further reading

• "Pan, Marta." In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, (accessed February 22, 2012; subscription required).

External links

• Entry for Marta Pan on the Union List of Artist Names

На других языках

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[de] Marta Pan

Marta Pan (* 12. Juni 1923 in Budapest, Ungarn; † 12. Oktober 2008 in Paris, Frankreich) war eine französische abstrakte Bildhauerin ungarischer Abstammung.

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- [en] Marta Pan

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[fr] Marta Pan

Marta Pan, née Marthe Sophie Anne Pan le 12 juin 1923 à Budapest (Hongrie) et morte le 12 octobre 2008 à Fontenay-lès-Briis[1],[2],[3], est une sculptrice française d'origine hongroise.

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