[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4810-4811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2203]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4255]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: 1880-1938''

AGENCY: Department of State.

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, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 
Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of 
Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and Delegation of Authority No. 
236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, I hereby determine that the object 
to be included in the exhibition ``Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: 1880--1938,'' 
imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, 
is of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to a 
loan agreement with the foreign owners. I also determine that the 
exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the National Gallery of 
Art, Washington, DC from on or about March 2, 2003 to on or about June 
1, 2003, and at possible additional venues yet to be determined, is in 
the national interest. Public Notice of these Determinations is ordered 
to be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
list of

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the exhibit objects, contact Carol B. Epstein, Attorney-Adviser, Office 
of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, (telephone: 202/619-
6981). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th Street, 
SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: January 24, 2003.
Patricia S. Harrison,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 03-2203 Filed 1-29-03; 8:45 am]
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