[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 142 (Friday, July 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 39933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19845]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Object Imported for Exhibition 
Determination: ``Degas With Christine and Yvonne Lerolle''

AGENCY: United States Information Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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 
object ``Degas with Christine and Yvonne Lerolle,'' a piece imported 
from abroad for the temporary exhibition without profit within the 
United States, is of cultural significance. This object is imported 
pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign lender. I also determine 
that the exhibition or display of the exhibit object at the 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, New York, from on or about 
July 26, 1998, to on or about October, 1998, is in the national 
interest. Public notice of these determinations is ordered to be 
published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Neila Sheahan, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General 
Counsel, 202/619-5030, and the address is Room 700, U.S. Information 
Agency, 301 4th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.

    Dated: July 20, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-19845 Filed 7-23-98; 8:45 am]
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