[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 47 (Monday, March 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 12792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4659]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6128]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco and Modernism in Japan''

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 ``Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco and Modernism 
in Japan,'' 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 Philadelphia Museum of Art, from on or about April 26, 2008, until 
on or about July 20, 2008; Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas, from on 
or about June 6, 2009, to on or about August 16, 2009; Society of the 
Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, from on or about December 4, 2009, to 
on or about January 10, 2010; the Memorial Art Gallery, University of 
Rochester, Rochester, New York, from on or about January 30, 2010, to 
on or about April 11, 2010; 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 Carol B. Epstein, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 
(telephone: 202/453-8048). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-
44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: March 4, 2008.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy, Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
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