[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 182 (Monday, September 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 50276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25154]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determination: ``Edgar Degas, Photographer''

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, ``Edgar Degas, Photographer,'' 
(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 a foreign 
lender. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the listed 
objects at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from on or about October 13, 
1998 to on or about January 3, 1999 and at the J. Paul Getty Museum, 
Los Angeles, California from on or about February 2, 1999 to on or 
about march 28, 1999 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 
if Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th Street, S.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20547-0001.

    Dated: September 15, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-25154 Filed 9-18-98; 8:45 am]
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