[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 4 (Thursday, January 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 1069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-314]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Picasso: Painter and Sculptor in Clay''

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, ``Picasso: Painter and Sculptor 
in Clay,'' 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 exhibit objects 
at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art from March 1-June 6, 1999 is in 
the national interest. Public Notice of these Determinations is ordered 
to be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTRACT: For a copy of the list of exhibit 
objects or for further information, contact Nelia 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, SW, 
Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: December 31, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-314 Filed 1-6-99; 8:45 am]
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