[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 198 (Friday, October 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60393-60394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24312]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6391]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determinations: ``From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci: A Century of 
Italian Drawings in the Prado''

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 ``From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci: A 
Century of Italian Drawings in the Prado,'' imported from abroad for 
temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural 
significance. The objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement 
with the foreign owner or custodian. I also determine that the 
exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Frick Art and 
Historical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, from on or about October 25, 2008, 
until on or about January 4, 2009; Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, 
Evanston, IL, from on or about January 24, 2009, until on or about 
April 5, 2009; and Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, from on or about 
April 25, 2009, until on or about July 5, 2009, 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

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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: October 5, 2008.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
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