[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 135 (Friday, July 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 40174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11121]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5466]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Picasso to C[eacute]zanne: Ambroise Vollard, Patron 
of the Avant-Garde''

    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 ``Picasso to C[eacute]zanne: Ambroise 
Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde'', 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 or custodians. 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 September 13, 2006, until on or 
about January 7, 2007, and at The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 
Illinois, beginning on or about February 17, 2007, until on or about 
May 13, 2007, and at possible additional venues are 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 Carol B. Epstein, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 
(telephone: 202/453-8050). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-
44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: July 7, 2006.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E6-11121 Filed 7-13-06; 8:45 am]
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