[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 20614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7922]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5055]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Matisse, His Art and His Textiles: The Fabric of 
Dreams''

    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 ``Matisse: His Art and His Textiles: The 
Fabric of Dreams,'' 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 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, from on or about June 
20, 2005 to on or about September 25, 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 Wolodymyr R. Sulzynsky, the Office 
of the Legal Adviser, Department of State, (telephone: 202/453-8050). 
The address is Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 
700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: April 13, 2005.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-7922 Filed 4-19-05; 8:45 am]
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