[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 53 (Friday, March 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 11986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6153]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6552]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Luis Melendez: Master of the Spanish Still Life''

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 ``Luis Melendez: Master of the Spanish Still 
Life,'' 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 
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, from on or about May 17, 2009, 
until on or about August 23, 2009; at the Los Angeles County Museum of 
Art from on or about September 23, 2009, to on or about January 3, 
2010; at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston from January 21, 2010, to on or 
about May 31, 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 12, 2009.
C. Miller Crouch,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. E9-6153 Filed 3-19-09; 8:45 am]
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