[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 48 (Thursday, March 11, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11694-11695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5502]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4649]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet: The Bruyas Collection From 
the Mus[eacute]e Fabre, Montpellier''

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 (68 FR 19875), I hereby determine that the objects to be 
included in the exhibition ``Bonjour,

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Monsieur Courbet: The Bruyas Collection from the Mus[eacute]e Fabre, 
Montpellier,'' 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 Virginia 
Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, from on or about March 26, 
2004 until on or about June 13, 2004, at the Sterling and Francine 
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, from on or about June 
27, 2004 until on or about September 6, 2004, at the Dallas Museum of 
Art, Dallas, Texas, from on or about October 17, 2004 until on or about 
January 2, 2005, at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San 
Francisco, California from on or about January 22, 2005 until on or 
about April 3, 2005, 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 the Office of the Legal Adviser, 
U.S. Department of State, (telephone: 202/619-6982). The address is 
U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, 
Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: March 1, 2004.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 04-5502 Filed 3-10-04; 8:45 am]
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