[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 17 (Thursday, January 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 3959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1524]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4974]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Basquiat''

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 [64 FR 56014], Delegation of 
Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999 [64 FR 57920], 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, 
``Basquiat,'' 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 lenders. I also determine 
that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Brooklyn 
Museum, Brooklyn, New York, from on or about March 11, 2005, to on or 
about June 5, 2005, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 
California, from on or about July 15, 2005, to on or about October 9, 
2005, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, from on or about 
November 18, 2005, to on or about February 12, 2006, 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 or a list of 
exhibit objects, contact Paul W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 
the Legal Adviser, (202) 453-8052, and the address is United States 
Department of State, SA-44, Room 700, 301 4th Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: January 21, 2005.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-1524 Filed 1-26-05; 8:45 am]
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