[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 71539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34327]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Matisse and Picasso; Culturally Significant Objects Imported for 
Exhibition

AGENCY: United States Information Agency.

SUBJECT: Culturally Significant Objects Imported For Exhibition 
Determinations.

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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).

ACTION: I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the 
exhibit ``Matisse and Picasso: A Gentle Rivalry,'' imported from abroad 
for 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 temporary 
exhibition or display of the listed exhibit objects at the Kimbell Art 
Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, from on or about January 31, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Epstein, Assistant General 
Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, 202/619-6981, and the address 
is Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th St., S.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20547-0001.

    Dated: December 22, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-34327 Filed 12-24-98; 8:45 am]
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