[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 137 (Monday, July 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35226-35227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17194]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6703]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction''

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 ``Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction,'' 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 Whitney Museum 
of American Art, New York,

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NY, from on or about September 17, 2009, until on or about January 17, 
2010; at the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, from on or about 
February 6 until on or about May 9, 2010; at the Georgia O'Keeffe 
Museum, Santa Fe, NM, from on about May 28 until on or about September 
12, 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: July 14, 2009.
C. Miller Crouch,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. E9-17194 Filed 7-17-09; 8:45 am]
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