[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 59 (Friday, March 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15003-15004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8033]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations

    Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to 
the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 
985, 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978 (43 FR 
13359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order No. 85-5 of June 27, 1985 
(50 FR 27393, July 2, 1985), I hereby determine that the objects to be 
included in the exhibit, ``An Expressionist in Paris: The Paintings of 
Chaim Soutine'' (See list \1\), imported from abroad for the temporary 
exhibition without profit within the United States, are of cultural 
significance. These objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements 
with foreign lenders. I also determine that the exhibition or display 
of the listed exhibit objects at The Jewish Museum, New York, New York, 
from on or about April 26, 1998, to on or about August 16, 1998, the 
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, from on or 
about September 17, 1998 to on or about January 3, 1999, and the 
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, from on or about February 14, 
1999 to on or about May 2, 1999, is in the national interest. Public 
Notice of these determinations is ordered to be published in the 
Federal Register.

    \1\ A copy of this list may be obtained by contacting Ms. Lorie 
Nierenberg, Assistant General Counsel, at 202/619-6084; the address 
is Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th Street, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.

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    Dated: March 23, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-8033 Filed 3-26-98; 8:45 am]
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