[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 106 (Monday, June 4, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 30907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-10701]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5821]


Culturally Significant Object Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: Paul Gaugin's ``The Purau Tree'' and Paul 
C[eacute]zanne's ``A Modern Olympia''

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 Paul 
Gaugin's ``The Purau Tree'' and Paul C[eacute]zanne's ``A Modern 
Olympia'', 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 Paul Gaugin's ``The 
Purau Tree'' from on or about September 17, 2007, until on or about 
September 30, 2010, and the exhibition or display of Paul C?zanne's ``A 
Modern Olympia'' from on or about September 17, 2007, until on or about 
January 30, 2011, in the Nineteenth-Century European Paintings and 
Sculpture Galleries, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New 
York, and at possible additional exhibitions or 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 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: May 22, 2007.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E7-10701 Filed 6-1-07; 8:45 am]
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