[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 166 (Monday, August 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 50965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14234]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5526]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Brice Marden: A Retrospective of Paintings and 
Drawings''

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 ``Brice Marden: A Retrospective of Paintings 
and Drawings,'' 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 Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, from 
on or about October 29, 2006, until on or about January 15, 2007, at 
the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California, 
beginning on or about February 17, 2007, until on or about May 13, 
2007, 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 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: August 18, 2006.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E6-14234 Filed 8-25-06; 8:45 am]
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