[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 48984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21052]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4449]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Picasso: The Cubist Portraits of Fernande Olivier''

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, Delegation of Authority No. 236 
of October 19, 1999, as amended, and Delegation of Authority No. 257 of 
April 15, 2003, I hereby determine that the objects to be included in 
the exhibition ``Picasso: The Cubist Portraits of Fernande Olivier,'' 
imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, 
are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan 
agreements with the foreign owners. I also determine that the 
exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the National Gallery of 
Art, from on or about October 1, 2003 until on or about January 18, 
2004; at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas from February 15, 
2004 to May 9, 2004; 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 the exhibit objects, contact Orde F. Kittrie, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, (telephone: 202/
401-4779). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th 
Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: August 12, 2003.
Van S. Wunder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, 
Acting, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-21052 Filed 8-14-03; 8:45 am]
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