[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 150 (Wednesday, August 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 41893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20832]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determination: ``Van Gogh's Van Goghs: Masterpieces From the Van Gogh 
Museum, Amsterdam''

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 
objects to be included in the exhibit, ``Van Gogh's Van Goghs: 
Masterpieces From The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam'' (see list), imported 
from abroad for the temporary exhibition without profit within the 
United States, are of cultural significance. These objects are imported 
pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign lender. I also determine 
that the exhibition or display of the listed objects at the National 
Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., from on or about October 4, 1998, to 
on or about January 3, 1999, and, at the Los Angeles County Museum of 
Art, Los Angeles, California, from on or about January 17, 1999, to on 
or about April 4, 1999, is in the national interest. Public Notice of 
these determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal 
Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Jacqueline Caldwell, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the 
General Counsel, 202/619-6982, and the address is Room 700, U.S. 
Information Agency, 301 4th Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: July 29, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-20832 Filed 8-4-98; 8:45 am]
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