[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 49346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17017]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5915]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Jasper Johns: Gray''

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 ``Jasper Johns: Gray,'' 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 Art Institute of Chicago, 
Chicago, Illinois, from on or about November 3, 2007, until on or about 
January 6, 2008; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, 
beginning on or about February 5, 2008, until on or about May 5, 2008, 
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 Julie Simpson, 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 17, 2007.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E7-17017 Filed 8-27-07; 8:45 am]
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