[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48965-48966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13881]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5519]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Picasso and American Art''

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 and American Art,'' 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 Whitney Museum 
of American Art, New York, New York, from on or about September 28, 
2006, until on or about January 28, 2007, at the San Francisco Museum 
of Modern Art, San Francisco, California, from on or about February 25, 
2007, until on or about May 28, 2007, and at the Walker Art Center, 
Minneapolis, Minnesota, from on or about June 17, 2007, until on or 
about September 9, 2007, and at possible additional venues yet to be 
determined, is in the national

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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 Julianne Simpson, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 
(telephone: 202/453-8049). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-
44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: August 15, 2006.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E6-13881 Filed 8-21-06; 8:45 am]
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