[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 74983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-21221]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5641]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Matisse: Painter as Sculptor''

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: Painter as Sculptor'', 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 Dallas Museum 
of Art, Dallas, Texas and the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas, 
beginning on or about January 22, 2007 until on or about April 29, 
2007, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 
California, beginning on or about June 9, 2007 until on or about 
September 16, 2007, and the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 
Maryland, beginning on or about October 28, 2007 until on or about 
February 3, 2008, 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 Sulzynsky, 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: December 5, 2006.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E6-21221 Filed 12-12-06; 8:45 am]
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